How to Support Preemie Parents : Recommended Articles
Grandmother supports her preemie granddaughter.
This selected group of articles provide useful suggestions for grandparents of preemies and friends of preemie parents who would wish to support a preemie parent.
Practical suggestions for helping preemie families, talking to preemie parents, and understanding the impact of having a preemie are discussed in the preemie support articles recommended below.
How Can I Help? Twenty Do’s and Don’ts When Talking to Parents of a Preemie Baby
Practical suggestions for supporting parents of preemies, are listed in this preemie support article.
When Your Parents Won’t Listen
The importance of involving grandparents in their preemies accomplishments and concerns.
What Can Grandparents/Family/Friends Do to Help?
This preemie support article provides helpful (and not so helpful) things to say to new parents of preemies.
For NICU Families: Grandparents and the NICU: Your Special Role
As a parent and a grandparent of a preemie, you have a very important role. These suggestions in this preemie support article may help make this difficult time a bit easier for you and your family.
5 questions: Shaw on Preemies’ Parents and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
This preemie support article may surprise you. Based on his ongoing research, Dr. Shaw provides an overview of the immediate and long term impacts of traumatic stress preemie parents along with suggestions on support.
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