I offered similar information in one of my Facebook comments yesterday.  A post by Natural Parents Network was inviting other NPN followers to offer help to a parent who is having issues with her child in school, and regarding drugs prescribed to her child.  You can read details by going directly to the NPN post.

Here is the information I offered:

EFT (Emotional Field Therapy) EFT is a great, free, easy-to-learn treatment that you and your young children can learn to do to help modify negative emotions of any kind, in addition to helping subdue and heal physical pain and ailments. EFT can be done by both children and adults.  The EFT technique uses tapping on energy meridian points (similar to acupuncture, but with no needles).  EFT tapping helps to eliminate disruption in your body’s energy circuits, and those disruptions of energy create negative emotions and physical imbalance as well.  Think of it as when your car is not running on all of its cylinders or misfiring, and therefore the car runs very poorly, wastes gas, etc.  Your body’s energy system misfires as well, and EFT will bring back smooth flow and balance of your energy system.  EFT practitioners can help with this, but you can also learn to do it yourself, and so can your kids.  Here is a video just for kids “tapping”, from Karin Davidson, that will give you a better understanding of this useful technique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1efrIBI9BY 

The coolest thing is, once this simple technique is learned, a young child can even go through the tapping sequence in their head, not even actually physically tapping or speaking aloud, and it has the same effect. So if they are around other people, they can visualize the tapping in their head, without anyone else being aware of it, eliminating any embarrassment.  EFT is for everyone, as we all have negative emotions, fears, stress, sadness, anger, anxiousness, etc. at some point. I HIGHLY recommend EFT for everyone. It has been found that this technique works whether you believe it will, or not, so it is definitely worth while to try out.  It can be used anytime and even can make falling asleep easier.

Here are a couple of other children tapping(EFT) videos Karin Davidson has:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHnhOEEa2BQ  This is an amazing video from an elementary school teacher and offers detail on how he uses EFT in his classrooms.  It is a wonderful way to treat bullying, amongst other school and social situations that young children’s feelings and emotions can create.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f__Vmv-Nr6s, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW-d2qK_jH8

With regard to psychotropic drugs being prescribed to young children, I suggest everyone check out Ablechild: a 501(c)3 non profit, is nationally recognized as a parent’s rights organization dedicated to protecting children and families by ensuring parents are fully informed about the improper labeling of children with ADHD, the dangers of psychotropic drugs and the right to refuse psychiatric services. Ablechild educates parents on the risks associated with drugging children and promotes a label and drug free education in our schools.

I hope these suggestions help and I encourage anyone to offer comments about these children’s issues or about EFT or Ablechild by clicking here: “Leave a Comment”. I invite you to subscribe to my blog as well.

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