The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro

How to Tell Kids About a Loved One's Illness

This is a special edition of The Child Repair Guide featuring a guest-host, Dr. Amanda Thompson. Dr. Thompson is a pediatric psychologist and Medical Director of Patient Support Services in the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC. My interview with Dr. Thompson on <a href="http://www.drstevesilvestro.com/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-death-grief-loss" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to Talk to Kids About Death, Grief, and Loss</a> is a powerful episode and a listener-favorite. In this episode, she guides you through another challenging experience of parenting: telling your kids about a loved one’s serious illness. You can find the full text of this episode at <a href="http://www.drstevesilvestro.com/40">www.drstevesilvestro.com/40</a> If you find this or any other episode of The Child Repair Guide helpful, please share with your friends and leave a review on your podcast app!

In The Child Repair Guide, pediatrician and dad Dr. Steve Silvestro brings the wisdom and insights of the world's best childhood health and wellness experts directly to parents in one trusted source--to give parents the best tools possible to raise happy, healthy, confident kids.