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Individual Disabilities & Sexuality

2014

Lynn Pedotto interviews Katie Frank about sexuality education for children with disabilities.

16:37 min

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?

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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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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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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5 Steps to Overcome Fear and Meet Your Goals

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ~Nelson Mandela

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Patience Is a Superpower

In low seasons, while you sit in the waiting room of life, patience is a superpower. But by adopting these seven mindsets, you can run circles around life’s challenges.

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Disabled Well-Being