Kate
Mother of Brooke and older son Jake. Brooke had infantile Tay-Sachs and at the time of this interview was age 3. She has since passed away.
Child illness impacts a marriage in different ways.
Grief counselor Nancy Frumer Styron discusses the many ways that child illness impacts a marriage — practical, logistical, emotional, financial stresses — and how parents can differ in how they respond, and the strain these differences put on the marriage. A couple shares the different ways they are coping. A mom shares how a divide developed between she and her husband around the care of their son with cancer.
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Child illness impacts a marriage in different ways.
You can change your mind re treatment and care plan.
Telling Jake about his sister’s illness.
It becomes about a good fit.
