This current generation of children – your children and mine – has been called “Generation RX” because of the rising number of health problems they are facing, and the unprecedented number of medications they are prescribed – from the treatment of eczema when they are babies and young children, to the potentially dangerous overuse of tylenol and antibiotics for every fever, ear infection and sore throat, to the number of medications prescribed for ADHD, depression, and anxiety.

As a mom myself, now of four grown children, and a Yale trained medical doctor, I get how confusing it is to sort through the overwhelming amount of information out there on how to keep your kids healthy naturally, what to feed them, and what to do when they get sick with common kids’ symptoms and conditions like colds, flu, fever, sore throat, ear infections, coughs, allergies, eczema, colic – and even the more complex problems they face.

Who you can trust? When do they need a medication? What natural approaches really work? When should you call the doctor? What natural remedies are safe to use at home – and when? It takes a lot of time and energy to figure all of this out, and if there’s one thing that few of us have extra of, it’s time – or energy – when we’re busy raising kids!