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In When Children Feel Pain Rachel Rabkin Peachman an awardwinning science and parenting journalist and Anna Wilson a pediatric pain specialist show how the latest medical advances can help us care for children when they suffer

Untreated or misdiagnosed pain is an epidemic among children Nearly one out of every five children in the United States suffers chronic pain while 30 to 40 percent of children over age twelve report feeling some form of pain in any given week Yet only a small fraction of children receive appropriate treatment increasing the risk that they will struggle with pain later in life But as Peachman and Wilson show if we give pain the attention it deserves early in life we can minimize shortterm distress and halt the development of longterm chronic pain problems

Whether you are a parent medical professional teacher or anyone else who cares for children Peachman and Wilson can teach you how to help kids cope with pain The authors dispel myths and fears surrounding childhood vaccination and opioid prescription medication and outline a range of effective painrelieving strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to parentled soothing techniques Helping children address pain is not only at the heart of caretaking it also proves to be a foundation for lifelong health