TOPIC

Parenting & handling a childs illness

Below are the best resources we could find on Parenting and handling a childs illness.

FindCenter Video Image

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

FindCenter Video Image

This Advice Could Help Parents of Kids with Serious Illnesses

As a psychologist and counselor specializing in the care of children with cancer, Joanna Breyer has advice for families facing stress for which they never prepared. Author of “When Your Child Is Sick,” Breyer joins Judy Woodruff for a conversation.

FindCenter Video Image

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.

FindCenter Video Image

Helping Your Child with Chronic Illness

Does your child have asthma? Allergies? A child psychiatrist has advice for parents about supporting their child with a chronic illness.

FindCenter Video Image

Coping and Self-Care When Your Child Is in the Hospital

When your child is sick in the hospital, it can feel like you’ve entered an alternative universe. That heartache hit me like a tidal wave while caring for my desperately ill son in two children’s hospitals for eight months straight in 2015.

Lisa Danielpour

FindCenter Video Image

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.

FindCenter Video Image

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.

Teri L. Bourdeau

FindCenter Video Image

I Can’t Cope with My Child’s Diagnosis

I am haunted by the shocking discovery that our daughter, three, has a condition that may cause her to die in her teenage years. How can I come to terms with this and learn to enjoy the time we have?

FindCenter Video Image

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.

FindCenter Video Image

What Not to Do If Your Child Is Sick

A pediatrician mom explains why some classic health concerns may benefit from a wait-and-see approach.

Wendy Sue Swanson

UP NEXT

Helping Children Deal with Emotions