What Really Works For Kids

Oct 7, 2024 9:40 AM

Author:Susan Clark

What is the single greatest gift you can give your child? Vibrant good health, of course. But in a world where children as young as ten are being diagnosed with early signs of heart disease, where up to a third of young children at an infant school may be taking Ritalin, a drug that has been banned in Sweden, and where computers, not dogs, are a child's best friend, how do you get it right?

In What Really Works for Kids, award-winning Sunday Times journalist and one of Britain's leading health writers Susan Clark draws upon her considerable wealth of experience and the very latest cutting-edge scientific research to offer every parent the opportunity to make sound, confident decisions that will benefit their children's health now and in the future.

As she highlights the health hazards that plague so many youngsters today, Susan reveals the benefits of vitamins, herbs and homeopathic treatments - and focuses on a range of simple but effective hands-on therapies, such as yoga and infant massage, that really work. Here too, as she unravels the complex and often contradictory information that appears in the media, she details the fascinating key stages of development, from newborn to young adulthood, and provides parents with an easy-to-follow A-Z guide on how to treat over fifty everyday complaints.

Packed with practical advice and essential information, What Really Works for Kids is the ultimate health guide for parents everywhere - and one of the most valuable books they will ever own.

Reviews

I can't remember when a book made me more angry. Lawrence's book should be compulsory reading . . . nothing is what it says on the packet

—— Allison Pearson, on Not on the Label , Evening Standard

Challenges each and every one of us to think again about what we eat. It's almost like uncovering a secret state within the state

—— Andrew Marr, BBC Radio 4's , Start the Week

I can't remember when a book made me more angry. Lawrence's book should be compulsory reading

—— Allison Pearson, on Not on the Label , Evening Standard

Gee tells the story of child stardom from the other side: waiting outside stage doors on cold winter nights; reading Harry Potter aloud on the train; complying with all the regulations concerning child actors; and worrying about what impression a young girl appearing in The Sound of Music will get about Nazism. It's an interesting view of the theatre from the perspective of domestic practicalities and parental fears, and along the way there are tantrums, bouts of self-importance and even a brief meeting with Julie Andrews.

—— Glasgow Herald

A balanced and amiable guide ... contains a great deal of information you couldn't know unless you had lived this life yourself

—— Sunday Tribune

This is an engaging and revealing read for anyone who loves the theatre

—— Guardian

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