Why Can't My Child Behave?: Why Can't She Cope? Why Can't He Learn?

"Sometimes good parents have difficult children, very difficult children!   The reason may be right under your child's nose.  Consider that marshmallow breakfast cereal she consumed, or the fluorescent vitamins he takes, or the bubble gum flavored medicine.  Do you know what gives these things their pretty colors?  How about the ""fruity"" flavors that have never set foot outside a chemistry lab? This book is about families who have found that good parenting techniques don't usually work for a child who is reacting to some of the many synthetic chemicals in his food.  They have seen first hand how today's typical diet is loaded with strange additives that can directly affect their child's behavior and ability to pay attention.  Add to that the countless health problems that are being triggered by a steady diet of ""foodless foods.""   The good news is that these parents have also found solutions!  Yes, you can have it both ways.  This book shows you how to find the foods your family enjoys, but without the unwanted chemical additives, whether you are at a health food store, the supermarket, the mall, the Quickie Mart, or McDonald's."

Jane Hersey has been helping families of hard-to-raise children since 1976 when she first volunteered to work with the newly-formed support group, the Feingold Association of the United States. Like thousands of other parents around the country, she learned by first helping her own child. She found that her education and experience as a teacher was of little help as she struggled with her daughter's often bizarre behavior. It was after her husband, Harry, linked his migraine headaches to food additives, that she understood the reason for their child's symptoms. Jane enjoys sharing information on how seemingly complicated problems often have remarkably simple solutions. Today, the foodless substances that line supermarket aisles are considered by most Americans to be normal, while people who simply eat real food are thought to be on a special diet. But Hersey believes, Humans were not designed to eat petroleum, and when they do, bad things happen.