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Hi All, Here's my newest article. I hope it helps your holidays to be calmer and more peaceful. Hugs! Lisa G mom of 2 kids with CF and author Special Needs Siblings Have Special Needs, Too! What Siblings Want You to Know... "Help! I will have a house full of relatives this Christmas. I...

Challenges with siblings comes up alot in families dealing with CF- it can be really hard on the well siblings. So I have scheduled a teleconference with some experts to talk about it. (I have 2 kids with CF) Please join me next Tuesday eve - Nov 18- at 6:00 to 6:30pm Pacific Time (9-9:30 EST)...

Challenges with siblings comes up alot in families dealing with CF- it can be really hard on the well siblings. So I have scheduled a teleconference with some experts to talk about it. Please join me next Tuesday eve - Nov 18- at 6:00 to 6:30pm Pacific Time (9-9:30 EST) for a free...

Hi All, Are any of you going to the Denver Children's Hospital Family Fair next week (Oct 11)? I will be speaking there along with Dr. Foster Cline and I am so excited!! I can't wait to meet you all. The CF clinic has purchased copies of our book (Parenting Children with Health Issues) and are...

Hi All, With school starting up, there are a number of issues that we CF families will have to deal with. One of them, unfortunately, is teasing and bullying which is becoming more common in today's schools. And when the teasing is about CF (or other medical issues) it really adds to the...

Hi All, The Sutter Medical CF Center invites you to listen in on our workshop on Sept 12. I hope you can join us. It will be a really great day! Lisa Here's the scoop: The live conference has sold out but you are invited to attend via teleconference: Parenting Children with Health Issues...

Hi All, I've been invited to write an article for a parenting magazine about CF with a focus on how we keep our hope alive. I thought it would be fun to have our collective ideas rather than just mine. We can learn so much more from each other. A couple of things that help me when I feel...

Hi All, Ever wonder how you are going to answer your child's tough questions about cystic fibrosis? We want to be honest because they will discover "the truth" soon enough from the internet or their peers. But we also don't want to scare them. Please join us this Tuesday, June 3rd from 6:00...

Hi All, Ever wonder how you are going to answer your child's tough questions about cystic fibrosis? We want to be honest because they will discover "the truth" soon enough from the internet or their peers. But we also don't want to scare them. Please join us this Tuesday, June 3rd from 6:00...

I am sending some articles out for a newsletter and thought you'd especially like this one. It's one of my favorites cause it's so inspiring and hopeful. I hope you find it to be so, too. Lisa (mom of 2 kids with CF and author) <b>Don't Give Up! The Trouble with Statistics...</b> by Foster...

I am sending some articles out for a newsletter and thought you'd especially like this one. It's one of my favorites cause it's so inspiring and hopeful. I hope you find it to be so, too. Lisa (mom of 2 kids with CF and author) <b>Don't Give Up!</b> The Trouble with Statistics... by Foster...

Hi All, I have posted a new article to our website and around the internet and thought you might like it, too. I hope it helps give you some ideas about this very tough issue for us CF parents! Take care, Lisa <b>Talking with Kids about Illness</b> by Lisa Greene and Foster Cline, MD I asked...

Hi All, I have posted a new article to our website and around the internet and thought you might like it, too. I hope it helps give you some ideas about this very tough issue for us CF parents! Take care, Lisa <b>Talking with Kids about Illness</b> by Lisa Greene and Foster Cline, MD I asked...

Hi All, Followng is a short article about how to guide our kids to solve their own problems in a loving way. Try the 5 steps on problems they bring you- it really works! Dr. Cline will be discussing this live on BlogTalk on April 1 if you are interested in joining us. Let me know if you have...

Hi all, A recent post by Chris in "What have we learnt that we were not told" inspired me to post this article for you. What he said is so true about saying Yes as much as possible to our CF kids. And, from a parent's standpoint, there are plenty of times when we need to set limits and say no...

Hi All, I want to share my favorite writing (of my own) with you. It is currently even being translated into French! I wrote the outline for it on the back of a napkin at Chuck-e-Cheese (how's that for a mom thing??). Following is just the first couple of paragraphs but I just posted the whole...

Hi All, Foster W. Cline MD (child psychiatrist and Love and Logic co-founder) has just written several great articles about how to parent kids who have health issues. I will post them here as we release them- they are so very good! (The first one is at the end of this note.) He has also agreed...

Hi All, Foster W. Cline MD (child psychiatrist and Love and Logic co-founder) has just written several great articles about how to parent kids who have health issues. I will post them here as we release them- they are so very good! (The first one is at the end of this note.) He has also agreed...

Hi All, Foster W. Cline MD (child psychiatrist and Love and Logic co-founder) has just written several great articles about how to parent kids who have health issues. I will post them here as we release them- they are so very good! (The first one is at the end of this note.) He has also agreed...

Our daughter Kasey, age 7, is recovering nicely from her first nasal surgery. She is such a trooper about squirting that whole bottle of saline up her nose (ewww). My son Jacob (9) has had 4 (or 5? I lose count...) and will probably need another one in a few months. The issue is nasal polyps...