Parents of kids with health conditions, please ask them how they are doing.

If your child is sick, don't forget to ask them how they are and give them a chance to vent. I grew up with chronic pain and various illnesses. No one talked to me, only at me and about me. My parents are wonderful and oblivious. They had no idea the depression I've lived with, no one realized that I had blunted affect from living in pain for so long. All the doctors and tests and medications that made me sick created a ton of stress that I didn't know how to talk about. I was lonely, I still am at 30 but I'm only just starting to get better about it all.Even if your kid isn't sick, ask them how they are doing. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2KcN87H