When a Child Has a Chronic Illness: Tips for Managing Family Stress

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Tami Benton, MD, the executive director of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about normalizing family life and establishing limits when a child suffers with a chronic medical condition. Tip number 1: “a child is a child first, no matter what illness he or she has to cope with.”

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Marta Ribeiro Marta graduated from Universidade Fernando Pessoa in Porto with a degree in Communication Sciences and a Masters degree in New Communication Technologies. She has experience in social media, worked with several media channels, and has also worked as a freelance photographer and a graphic artist for almost 10 years.

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