By emphasizing self-care techniques that include herbal treatments, holistic approaches, and lifestyle changes, parents can treat their child's coughs, fevers, minor injuries, and other common childhood ailments -- and this book shows them how. Topics covered include such controversial issues as attention deficit disorder treatments and the use of antibiotics and vitamins, as well as information about children's sleeping problems, psychological troubles, allergies, and numerous other ailments. Parents are told how to recognize when their child needs to see a doctor or receive immediate medical care, and answers are provided to many of parents' most frequently asked questions.