How to Care for Kids

Helping kids and families thrive during life's biggest challenges. Information for parents, medical professionals, and educators about taking great care of kids

[How to Care for Kids @How2Care4Kids]

.@RepYoungKim @SenAlexPadilla @SenFeinstein please co-sponsor the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (S.2767/H.R.5408). Since 1989, the #SSI asset limit has not been raised, forcing people w/ disabilities into poverty. #UpdateSSI

[Standish Foundation for Children @standish4kids]

Play is a necessity 💜

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Extreme heat 'disproportionately' impacts people with disabilities - report https://t.co/aPdb80Q6A0

[How to Care for Kids @How2Care4Kids]

Our Son Was Born With Down Syndrome. This Is The Line I Wish We Weren't Told Repeatedly. - HuffPost https://t.co/AnHaTPmkHp

[How to Care for Kids @How2Care4Kids]

Popular baby loungers are tied to more deaths than U.S. officials previously announced - NBC News https://t.co/l3aUvSZxSA

[How to Care for Kids @How2Care4Kids]

In America, accidental shootings by children occur nearly every other day - The Trace https://t.co/6XpMLqwOCd

[How to Care for Kids @How2Care4Kids]

Two high-school athletes were diagnosed with the same cancer. Now they’re best friends — and prom dates. - USA TODAY https://t.co/X8kLqYaC8N

[How to Care for Kids @How2Care4Kids]

Author with Treacher Collins Syndrome Abandoned as a Baby, Now 'Full of Self Love' - People https://t.co/6Z3jsACBZn

[HealGrief.org @HealGrief]

Our stories are forever changed by the people we love. The memories we shared, the hurdles we crossed together. And even when they are gone, those stories remain within us, close to our hearts and never forgotten.

[How to Care for Kids @How2Care4Kids]

As a person with significant immunocompromise, I always wear a mask, and I’m so grateful when other people do, too. What’s frustrating is how many people tell me that I shouldn’t be wearing one.

[Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 @BeingCharisBlog]

Recently I casually encouraged people in a friend group text to wear N95s during an upcoming event for the benefit of a friend on chemo & other #HighRiskCovid19 folks.

That friend replied that people shouldn't feel obligated to wear them.

This is the world we live in, folks.

[early play @earlyplay]

Children’s brains are built, moment by moment, as they interact with their environments. In the first few years of life, more than one million neural connections are formed each second – a pace never repeated again. ~ UNICEF

[How to Care for Kids @How2Care4Kids]

After Mike fell on a busy sidewalk, a stranger helped in just the right way - NPR https://t.co/rK84OzeR0l

[MyPainAlert @MyPainAlert]

Given each person's pain has 3 components - Physical (not all observable), Psychological, and Social, communication challenged people (memory impaired, intellectually disabled, very young and others) should get pain care plan re-evaluated frequently with their aided direct input.

[early play @earlyplay]

Curiosity is how each child learns and gains knowledge about the world around them.

[Jessica's House @jessicas_house]

GRIEF is an acronym we use at Jessica's House to remember strategies for navigating the grieving process. #JessicasHouse #GriefSupport

[Standish Foundation for Children @standish4kids]

A donation of $50 can bring comfort and anxiety relief to a hospitalized child and their family by normalizing the hospital environment through child- and family-centered care. Donate today to bring hope and happiness to hospitalized children!

https://t.co/1AxJ6PF9uM

[Standish Foundation for Children @standish4kids]

The world needs all kinds of minds! 🌎💜🧠

[How to Care for Kids @How2Care4Kids]

.@SenAlexPadilla @SenFeinstein please co-sponsor the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act. Since 1989, the #SSI asset limit has not been raised, forcing people w/ disabilities into poverty. #UpdateSSI

[How to Care for Kids @How2Care4Kids]

Jamil was struggling after his daughter had a stroke. Then a doctor pulled up a chair - NPR https://t.co/CbvaArx2Yn

[Steve Barr @SteveBarr7]

Drawn To Help's cartooning programs for children in hospitals will be featured on the NC PBS show "Comic Culture" soon. I'll share a link so you can all take a peek as soon as its available. 🙂