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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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Stress Relief Advice for Moms During Flu Season

If the all-caps notices from daycare stress you out every flu season, you’re not alone. Here’s how to calm your nerves and quiet your mind so you can focus on caring for your kids.

Catherine Newman

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How do you know when it’s time to take your autistic, bipolar twelve-year-old daughter to the psych ward?

Edward Bradshaw

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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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This Incredible Adoption Story Shows the Power of Parents’ Love

“We said we would give the best life for however much time she had.”

Catherine Pearson

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Sick Lit: 10 Kids’ Books to Have on Hand for Sick Days

A good book can help keep your mind off your discomfort and make you feel almost normal (at least for a little while). These are the books we read when someone in our family is feeling under the weather.

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

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.

Alina Morawska, Amy Mitchell

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Coping with Ill Children

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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