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What Parents Can Do to Make a Child’s Chronic Illness Easier

By Alina Morawska, Amy Mitchell — 2015

When a child’s wellbeing depends on vigilant monitoring and consistent medical attention, the everyday anxiety and stress that all parents deal with is made worse by the fact that failing to keep up with treatment can be a matter of life and death.

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How to Talk with Family Members About a Kid’s Mental Health

Those who help care for children need to know details about their challenges.

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Eugene Beresin
2020
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My Daughters Are Fine, But I’ll Never Be the Same

For a parent, there is no sorrow deeper or more encompassing than the loss of a child. But there is another that approaches it, and that, paradoxically, is grief averted—the grief of the narrow escape when a child comes close to death but survives.

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Harriet Brown
2008
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Can Mindfulness Help My Raging Anxiety When My Kid Gets Sick?

I was a cool hand, before I became a mother. Now, I’m a hopeless phobic. Whenever a child of mine gets sick, even with just a routine flu or stomach virus, every cough makes my heart race.

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Carey Goldberg
2015
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The Working Parents’ Guide to Dealing with Sick Kids

Struggling to balance the demands of a job and an ill child? Get tips and advice on how to cope when kids aren’t feeling well.

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Allison Young
2015
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Hospitals Help Families Cope: The Psychological Toll of a Child’s Illness

New approaches are finding and treating patients’ and families’ emotional distress.

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Laura Landro
2015
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How Dads Can Cope When a Child Is Sick

Fathers of chronically ill children can face certain emotional challenges. Why it’s important to acknowledge them.

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Kevin Joy
2016
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How to Help a Child with Chronic Illness: Tips from a Child Life Specialist

Child life specialists help families cope in a healthcare environment, and parents can look to them to learn how to help sick kids.

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Andy Kryza
2018
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When Your Child Is Diagnosed with Chronic Illness

Learn how to cope, manage your emotions and keep stress in check when a child is diagnosed with chronic illness.

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Teri L. Bourdeau
2013
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