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BLOGHow to Make a Pillowcase to Help Your Ill Child Cope Making a pillowcase is a great way to cheer up a child with an illness or injury and help them cope. Maybe you’ve already received one of our bright, unique pillowcases from Ryan’s Case for Smiles while in...

BLOGFinding Your Voice in the Healthcare System: How to Advocate for Your Child By Charlotte Klinepeter, KIF1A Mom and KIF1A.ORG Administrative Manager Wouldn’t it be nice to call the shots as a patient in the healthcare system? As a parent of a child diagnosed with a...

BLOGHow to Stay Connected While Apart Thanks to a historically bad flu season, surging COVID cases and cold weather, on top of caring for a child with an illness or injury, you may be limiting social interactions more than ever. Yet it is times like these that we need...

BLOGSupporting Teen Siblings After a Brother or Sister’s Cancer Diagnosis You likely know, or have experienced, how a diagnosis of pediatric cancer can turn family life upside down and create challenges for siblings. This is even more true for teen siblings who are...

BLOGLiving Life in the Rare Disease Lane: How to Find a Community of Support By Charlotte Klinepeter, KIF1A Mom and KIF1A.ORG Administrative Manager We’ve all had moments, or even seasons of life, where we are “living in the fast lane.” The typical hustle and bustle....

BLOGOur Favorite Resources to Help Children Cope A child’s illness or injury can be challenging and confusing for everyone. A wide range of emotions and reactions are “normal”. Your child may regress, display heightened anxiety, or have trouble expressing how they...

BLOG Going Back to School: Helping Your Child Return to School After a Long Absence For most kids, the first day of school is both exciting (new school supplies, new clothes, new friends!), and nerve-wracking (new teachers, new schedules, new friends!). When a child...

BLOGTeddy Bear Clinics: Helping Kids Overcome Fear of the Doctor with Play Does your child dread going to the doctor? Are they anxious every time they need another medical test or procedure? One of the hardest parts of caregiving is making your children do hard, but...

BLOGTherapy for Your Child and You By Katherine Okonak, LSW, Center for Healthcare Delivery Science, Center for Pediatric Traumatic Stress, Nemours Children’s Health System When your child and family experience a serious medical illness or injury, everything changes....

BLOGHelping Children Cope with Disruptive Events By Kathy Pfeiffer, RN, BSN, Area Director, Clinical Operations, BAYADA Home Health Care Summertime usually brings a lot of fun – pools, long days of sunlight, picnics and more. But it can also bring an uptick of natural...