The Child Psych Podcast: Helping Kids Overcome a Fear of Needles and Health Procedures
Discover how to help your kids manage pain and anxiety with practical coping strategies from Dr. Jody, starting with their first healthcare experiences.
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About This Resource
From first vaccines to inevitable bumps and bruises, early healthcare experiences can shape how kids handle pain and build resilience for life. In this episode of the Child Psych Podcast, Dr. Jody shares simple but powerful coping skills that parents can use to empower their children as they navigate pain and anxiety. It’s an insightful, and heartfelt, conversation between two psychologists who are dedicated to turning cutting-edge medical research into practical, real-life strategies families can start using today.
Who Is This For
- Parents & Caregivers: Learn how to support your kids through medical experiences and teach them lifelong coping skills to manage pain and fear.
- Healthcare Providers: Gain valuable insights and actionable steps for helping families create more positive healthcare experiences from the very start.
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A Note About Keeping This Free
Good pain care should be a right, not a privilege.
We’ve spent our careers treating pain and medical anxiety, and we know that comfort and control come from putting the power where it belongs: in your hands. Everything here is free and open source by design. No parent should have to pay to learn how to get their child through a vaccine or a bad headache. No provider should have to hunt for what they need to do their job well. Hundreds of thousands of people have used Meg tools, and not one of them has ever been asked to pay.
But free still costs something.
We rely on the generosity of people like you to keep it that way. It takes about 1 in 30 of us, each giving $15 a month, to keep these tools available for free. If they helped you and you’re able, $15 a month keeps these resources available the next time you or another family need them.
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— Dr. Jody, Founder and CEO
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