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Child Life On Call: Parents of children with an illness or medical condition share their stories with a child life specialist


Mar 24, 2021

"It's been rough. It's like your heart is in two different places."

Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Madeline, a mom from Utah that shares her son’s experience with having a rare form of skeletal dysplasia and how her daughter has dealt with their journey.

Madeline is host of The Rare Life podcast...


Mar 10, 2021

Annie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Lindsey, mom to Memphis a son who suffered from Infant Botulism.

Lindsey is an experienced mother of three when her son, Memphis, came into the world. She breastfed him like she had her others and when he started refusing to nurse and acting sleepy, she took him urgent...


Mar 3, 2021

Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist interviews Dafne, The Chronic Illness Coach.  

Dafne is mom to three college-age kids and she and her husband live in Houston, Texas. In this episode, we talk about how her children all suffer from chronic illness: Juvenile Type 1 Diabetes, Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis and Juvenile...