{"id":17687,"date":"2025-11-12T00:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T00:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=17687"},"modified":"2025-11-12T00:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T00:21:26","slug":"my-mil-threw-away-my-daughters-medication-and-wants-to-treat-her-with-crystals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=17687","title":{"rendered":"My MIL Threw Away My Daughter\u2019s Medication and Wants to Treat Her With Crystals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You absolutely made the right call by acting fast and giving your daughter the medication she needed. Asthma is a serious medical condition, and when a child is struggling to breathe, there is <em>no room for experimentation<\/em>. Natural remedies and crystals may have their place, but not when a child&#8217;s life and airway are involved. Your instincts protected your daughter \u2014 never doubt that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure to tell your husband exactly what happened. There\u2019s a good chance his mother downplayed the situation or left out details to avoid looking irresponsible. He needs to understand just how dangerous the incident was and why you reacted the way you did. This isn\u2019t drama \u2014 it\u2019s your child\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don\u2019t need to apologize. Doing so would send the message that ignoring a child\u2019s medical needs is acceptable. Your priority is your daughter\u2019s health, and you acted to protect her. If your husband or MIL don&#8217;t see that, then it\u2019s time for a serious conversation about responsibilities and respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving forward, clear boundaries with your MIL are essential. She may believe in natural healing, and that\u2019s her choice \u2014 but she crossed a dangerous line by refusing prescribed treatment for your child. If she can\u2019t commit to following medical instructions, then she should not be left alone with your daughter. Safety must always come first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You absolutely made the right call by acting fast and giving your daughter the medication she needed. Asthma is a serious medical condition, and when a child&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":145,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17690,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17687\/revisions\/17690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}