LisaGreene
New member
Hi All,
Ever wonder how you are going to answer your child's tough questions about cystic fibrosis? We want to be honest because they will discover "the truth" soon enough from the internet or their peers. But we also don't want to scare them.
Please join us this Tuesday, June 3rd from 6:00 to 6:30 PM Pacific Time (9-9:30 PM Eastern) for BlogTalk Live with Foster Cline MD. Talk with Dr. Cline (child psychiatrist and cofounder of Love and Logic), Lisa Greene (mom of 2 kids with CF), and other parents and professionals on this free, live teleconference call.
Sign Up at <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ParentingChildrenWithHealthIssues.com">http://www.ParentingChildrenWithHealthIssues.com</a> under the BlogTalk Live tab:
Discover how to talk with your kids about any difficult issue as we focus on talking about an illness or medical condition. We will talk about how to apply the following guidelines for discussing tough issues with kids:
- Before you give answers, ask yourself whose needs are you addressing - yours or your child's?
- Consider whether you are giving more information than the child wants or needs to hear.
- Be open to your children talking with you about anything and everything.
- When you are not sure how to give the answer, ask more questions.
- Recognize that sometimes your child is trying to protect you.
- Show acceptance even when you can't show approval.
- Every answer dealing with life-and-death issues should leave room for hope.
Watch a video clip on You Tube of Foster Cline MD as he uses these guidelines in a discussion with a teenager who is discouraged about living with cystic fibrosis. Here's the link: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ParentHealthIss">http://www.youtube.com/user/ParentHealthIss</a>
Looking forward to talking with you!
Lisa Greene
mom of 2 kids with CF
Jacob (9) and Kasey (7)
Ever wonder how you are going to answer your child's tough questions about cystic fibrosis? We want to be honest because they will discover "the truth" soon enough from the internet or their peers. But we also don't want to scare them.
Please join us this Tuesday, June 3rd from 6:00 to 6:30 PM Pacific Time (9-9:30 PM Eastern) for BlogTalk Live with Foster Cline MD. Talk with Dr. Cline (child psychiatrist and cofounder of Love and Logic), Lisa Greene (mom of 2 kids with CF), and other parents and professionals on this free, live teleconference call.
Sign Up at <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.ParentingChildrenWithHealthIssues.com">http://www.ParentingChildrenWithHealthIssues.com</a> under the BlogTalk Live tab:
Discover how to talk with your kids about any difficult issue as we focus on talking about an illness or medical condition. We will talk about how to apply the following guidelines for discussing tough issues with kids:
- Before you give answers, ask yourself whose needs are you addressing - yours or your child's?
- Consider whether you are giving more information than the child wants or needs to hear.
- Be open to your children talking with you about anything and everything.
- When you are not sure how to give the answer, ask more questions.
- Recognize that sometimes your child is trying to protect you.
- Show acceptance even when you can't show approval.
- Every answer dealing with life-and-death issues should leave room for hope.
Watch a video clip on You Tube of Foster Cline MD as he uses these guidelines in a discussion with a teenager who is discouraged about living with cystic fibrosis. Here's the link: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ParentHealthIss">http://www.youtube.com/user/ParentHealthIss</a>
Looking forward to talking with you!
Lisa Greene
mom of 2 kids with CF
Jacob (9) and Kasey (7)