Building Your Support Network
An MD notes the pros and cons for parents of social media and special interest groups
Dr. Natasha Henner, perinatal and palliative care doctor at Lurie Children’s Hospital, talks about how she talks about the pros and cons of social media groups with parents, and helping them watch out for biases. “If you’re on the fence, and you’re only getting one bias, that’s not fair. … The voices on social media can be incredibly helpful for finding resources …. but they can also be hurtful and generate guilt and inner conflict.’
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An MD notes the pros and cons for parents of social media and special interest groups
Finding support: “Our faith community really held us up.”
Finding support for just the three of us: People who gave us language, validation, permission
Work: We had to explicitly educate and coach our bosses and colleagues
Support in the home: Having the support of close family kept us sane when our house became an ICU.