A little rant

I read a rather disturbing article in the "Weekend Australian" magazine last Saturday (I know it's now Friday but I've been cogitating on this all week, okay?)! According to the report, doctors and others are worried that parents are taking their kids to chiropractors and the article asks if they should be allowed to treat sick kids. 

Allowed? Isn't it our choice as parents to have our children treated as we see fit? I mean, if we choose a chiro and it works, isn't that a good outcome? And if the child never sees a doctor again for any minor ailments and even some 'major' ones, isn't that a bonus to their health? 

Imagine seeing a herbalist for Fred's cough, a chiro for Sammy's colic and a homeopath for 10 year old Jane's impetigo - all of these kids will have been saved from either antibiotics or some other drug and will have a much stronger immune system to show for it. Yes it costs more to take them to a natural therapist but my children are worth it, as are yours. 

Why exactly, shouldn't chiropractors or any other natural practitioners, be allowed to treat sick kids? I'm not really sure what doctors are frightened of - after all, most of them are so busy that they only give a cursory 10 minute appointment and too often a hastily scribbled script for antibiotics. 

Maybe they are pi**ed off - after all, they study for years and then, some two bit naturopath comes along and fixes someones child with a foreign weed and a spinal manipulation. 

Perhaps GP's are just afraid of change - they have had a monopoly for so long (since effectively wiping out wise women healers, and some men). Now, in this new Enlightened Age, surely its time for a review again.  There will always be a place for doctors and there are certainly things that cant be 'fixed' using natural methods, but if we can heal naturally why not?  

Aaagh....  I have more to say on this but maybe you need to read the article and decide - I can only attest to the fact that natural therapies have worked for us (along with a healthy lifestyle of course) and only two of my seven children have ever seen a GP, and that was for accidents. It can be done.  

But above all it is called Freedom of Choice.

You can read it here. 

Right, I'll get off my soapbox now!!