If having asthma makes your child feel “weird,” you’ll need to address this feeling -- or risk having your child resist treatment. Here are a few things you can do to help your child adjust:
• Do everything you can to understand your child’s asthma and get comfortable with your child’s treatment. If you act like asthma is a tragedy -- or if you question the need for treatment -- your child will probably do the same.
• Arrange for your child to take medication at a time, and in a way, that other kids won’t notice.
• Give your child the words for talking to his or her friends about the need for medication. For example, your child might simply say, “I have asthma. It means my lungs get bothered by certain things -- so I take medication to help them work well.”
• Visit your child’s school and explain asthma to the students and teachers.
If having asthma makes your child feel “weird,” you’ll need to
address this feeling -- or risk having your child resist treatment.
Here are a few things you can do to help your child adjust:• Do
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If having asthma makes your child feel “weird,” you’ll need to address this feeling -- or risk having your child resist treatment. Here are a few things you can do to help your child adjust:
