Families often state that a number of activities have helped them reduce the stressful parts of parenting a child with special medical needs. Reducing the stress allows them to make more room to enjoy their child.
Some parents coordinate, manage, and recruit each member of their child's team of caregivers.
These caregivers can include a variety of people. Most teams include medical providers like primary care doctors and specialist doctors. Other members might be counselors, baby-sitters, grandparents, friends, and neighbors. While parents look for caregivers that are highly skilled and accessible, they also search for someone with whom they feel the greatest level of comfortable communication. They look for caregivers they can ask any question and to whom they can communicate their needs without embarrassment.