Re: Iodine instead of antibiotics

It is a real drag as I have listened to the parent rail about his spouse being the problem, all the way to demanding that his wife is the problem as a result of her culture. Blaming her for almost everything. So, we go to a baseball game where she manages the kid's intake, until dad marches off and gets the kid candy, and ice cream, and so on. Exactly the opposite of what the father said was the problem. Yeah, it was a fun event and why not splurge, but it is too glaring, where the real problem lies. A closed mind that does not accept even a portion of the responsibility. And the poor kid suffers for it. More than I can relate.

I am on the cusp of getting in front of the parent, my brother, and addressing years of blame game, as in he is so far off his rocker that he needs to wake the f**k up. A challenge of course, but I can't stand by and watch the parents have a cultural war (unrelenting American vs. Asian accepting) over this child. I told my sweets to look at the kid's teeth at the ballgame, and it was the first time she realised that the child really is malnourished. His teeth were for all intents, rotting.

This morning I drove past their house and saw the child on the steps of the house reading the Sunday paper. He is 12. Remarkably bright. And also under siege from malnourishment. In this country of all places. But the parents do not see it. They feel he is being overfed and needs to lose weight. So they starve him more. What they do not see is the kid is starving, which is why he craves sugar. It does not help that the father is taking out his frustration of the poor economy on the child. He has lost yet another job, and is making little effort to find another one, depending on his wife who he roundly critisized years ago as not being capable of holding a job. If I told you her current job, one would be be jaw dropped. She is VERY accomplished. They drive both of the kids way too hard towards impossible multiples of sports, piano where they both excel, and both kids are driven to exhaustion.

It totally breaks my heart. There are better ways to aid the kids to excel. Instead of driving them into perpetual overachievement and poor nourishment. His wife has suffered from nasal and lung problems since she has come to this country. The father is a victim of gluten allergies. The oldest son has asthma, endocrine, weight and other problems, and the youngest son is headed towards a psychological meltdown.

So yes, I am mad. The parents are regimented, and clueless. You know the ironic thing? My mother, the mother of both of us, has adopted Iodine and the related protocol, and has eliminated all but two of her advanced aged medicines. She went OFF parkinson's meds when she realized modern medicine had nothing to do with her well being. That she was in charge. She feels in her words, great. This after adopting natural methods of restoration. My sister and her B-i-L get it and have followed suit. My brother remains rigid, clueless, in spite of the growing body of success with of all things, my B-i-L and his prostates cancer which is remissing, my sister who swears by Iodine after 1 year, and my B-i-L who flat out told my brother when teased about his use of it... IT WORKS.

My primary reaction is a total broken heart for these children, who are suffering from a myriad of medical issues in a household that has unusual medical issues, which would provoke the hell out me to discover why, but reveals almost a competition by the parent to prove my mother, sister, B-i-L, my wife who has substantial challenges, wrong. His children pay a terrible price. THey all all sick. He with celiac, she with asthma and a sinus condition, the kid with a slew of medical problems, and the youngest so far is just quiet but I suspect he has a growing psychological flurry of issues. Their whole household is sick, all the time, and yet they do not heed the wellness of the rest of the family, recently due to IODINE. Their well being and growth are being terribly stunted. Just one look at the 12 year old's teeth is enough to send shocks though one's system, and yet it turns into a competition of sorts. I am angry.

Can you tell?