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Coping with Ill Children

By Lucy Sweet — 2013

Does your child have the winter lurgy? It’s horrible, isn’t it? The stress. The sheet washing. The boredom. The nagging feeling that you will probably never leave the house again.

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Handling a Child’s Illness