Talking about Diagnosis and Shifts in Baseline
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Always give them a sense of what’s going on.
Pediatric psychologist Nancy Frumer Styron discusses the importance of giving the siblings a sense of what’s going on and that they can be a part of the experience too. A therapist can help with this. A couple talks about how they shared everything with their older sons about their brother who was sick.
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Communicating with the siblings: What can we do to make this as less traumatic as possible, to minimize damage.
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Out-of-home placement for our medically complex child gave us more time for our other child.
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Telling Jake about his sister’s illness.
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It's important to talk from the beginning about the other children.
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Always give them a sense of what’s going on.
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It’s important to think about your other children.
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She told me how important it is to know the sad stuff too.
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It’s important to know what the child is really asking.
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It’s important to know what the child already thinks.
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I don’t want him thinking about his brother’s life expectancy.
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We never held anything back from them.
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We postponed Make-a-Wish until Jessica was old enough to remember it.
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What would Rachel say to Jessica if she could speak?
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It’s important not to lie to them.
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