The goals of treatment for asthma are to minimize symptoms and allow children to participate in normal physical activities with minimum side effects. It is also important to prevent emergency department visits and hospitalizations due to asthma attacks. Ideally, this means a child should not experience asthma symptoms more than once or twice per week, asthma symptoms should not wake a child at night more than twice per month, and a child should be able to participate in all play, sports, and physical education activities.