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Parenting & handling a childs illness

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

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Caring for a Seriously Ill Child

Taking care of a chronically ill child is one of the most draining and difficult tasks a parent can face. Beyond handling physical challenges and medical needs, you’ll have to deal with your child’s emotional needs and the impact that a prolonged illness can have on the entire family.

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Dealing with the Stress of Chronic Illness

Some children are born with or develop lifelong, chronic conditions.

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Homeopathic Medicine for Children and Infants

Homeopathic remedies are increasingly being used to treat common childhood ailments. They are safe, have no side effects or allergic reactions, are inexpensive and, above all, effective.

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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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Bernie Siegel

Bernie Siegel shares the importance of love on the healing process.

Bernie S. Siegel

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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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Noe: A Father-Son Song of Love, Life, Illness, and Death

Written with clarity and grace, this memoir of an adolescent boy’s four-year struggle with leukemia, his death at sixteen, and the aftermath, is presented from three perspectives: the recollections of the father, Phil Wolfson, MD; his son Noe’s story, told through Noe’s chemotherapy journal;...

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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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