Article: If your child has never met the other parent or if the parent has been absent for a long time, be prepared for lots of questions. Your child will likely want to know who the parent is, where he is, and why he is not involved. Questions about an absent parent will most likely begin when your child starts school and begins learning more about classmates' families. Answer basic questions about who the absent parent is, and consider sharing a photograph if you have one. Tell your child that all families are different and remind her about all the people who love her. Try using examples from books and movies, or from real life, to teach her about all different kinds of families Be upfront about the likelihood of your child ever meeting the other parent. If the other parent has no interest in being involved or you are not able to contact them, don't get your child's hopes up by promising an eventual meeting. Make sure you emphasize that this is not the child's fault in any way. Keep your personal feelings to yourself as much as possible. You can share more details about the circumstances of the other parent's absence as your child gets older, but try not to say negative things about the other parent. If the absence is predictable and regular, tell your child when the other parent is coming back by showing them a calendar and talking it over with them. Discuss regular travel as a family, so that it becomes a normal expectation within the family and all members can be prepared for the parent to miss occasional special events, such as sports games and celebratory occasions, and can prepare well in advance. If business trips regularly occur with little warning, be sure to explain that as well so there will be no surprises. Help your child keep in touch with the absent parent by arranging phone calls or video chats. You can also encourage the parent who is away to bring the child back souvenirs from their travels. Be sure to give your child the opportunity to express her feelings and concerns, and offer her plenty of support. Be as honest as the age of your child permits. A toddler only needs to know that daddy will be back by Christmas, while a teenager will need to know the truth about the length of the deployment and where the parent will be. Include your child in your communications with the absent parent, including letters and phone calls, as much as possible. If regular contact is not possible, explain to the child that her mom or dad really wants to talk to her, but can't because of work. No matter what the reason for the absence, be sure to make it clear that it is not the child's fault. Younger children in particular may feel as though they are responsible for the absence if you don't assure them otherwise. If the absence is unpredictable (if, for example, a parent is in the hospital after an accident), explain what has happened, give a generous estimate of when mommy or daddy will be back, and keep your child updated on progress and changes to the dates. Try to keep your child from worrying. Answer her questions and make sure she understands the situation, but don't provide her with details that might confuse her more. Be sure to tell your child that the absence has nothing to do with her, and answer any questions she has honestly. If a parent has separated from the marriage and family, you have to be honest without letting any anger get in the way. For example, you could say, "Daddy loves you but was unhappy with his life, so he's gone to live in Vegas. We'll do our best to keep in touch but it will be hard sometimes. I can give you his address if you'd like to write to see how he is doing." If a parent passes away, be open and honest, encourage the child to express her emotions, and help her cope with her grief as best you can.
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Be honest about a parent who has never been involved. Prepare your child for business-related absences in advance. Explain military absences according to the advice that your deployment officers provide. Explain sudden absences according to what has happened and the age of your child. Be honest if the absence is forever.
Article: This information will be helpful to your doctor as they try to diagnose the pain's cause. Understanding the amount of time that your pain lasts for and how frequently it occurs will allow your doctor to prescribe the most effective pain medication. A brief, infrequent pain, likely has a different cause than a long-lasting, constant pain, even if both of the pains are similarly severe (e.g. both an 8). Say something like: "The severe headaches never last for very long; maybe only about 15 or 20 minutes at a time. They happen three or four times per day, though." "My pain in my hips is constant; I feel it throughout the day. There's no point at which I'm not in serious pain." It's important for your physician to understand the ways in which your pain is hampering or worsening your daily life. This will increase a doctor's likelihood of writing you an effective prescription for pain medication. If you find that your pain is interfering with your abilities to lead a normal life, or reduces your ability to perform daily functions, convey this to your physician. Say something like: "The pain in my back has prevented me from being able to do some everyday activities that I never used to struggle with, like driving and working out." "My pain is so intense that some days it's not even worth getting out of bed." Part of the reason that doctors are often hesitant to prescribe pain medications is that the meds are potent and can be habit-forming. Users of opioid-based pain medicationssuch as hydrocodone (e.g. Vicodin) and oxycodone (e.g. OxyContin and Percocet)are at an especially high risk for developing a dependency. Even a prescription drug dependency can result in a potentially fatal overdose.
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Explain the duration and frequency of your pain. State the psychological effect of your pain. Be careful not to develop a drug dependency.
Article: If you are not in immediate need of the medicine, you should allow the strips to dry out a bit before using them. Lay them on a rock or other dry place in the sun for several hours. If you need the medicine right away, you can skip the drying step. . The best way to make willow bark tea is to boil the bark in water. To do that, you will need to make a fire. Boiling the water that you will be using for your tea is also the best way to disinfect and purify the water. You will also need a container to boil the water in, ideally made of metal. If you do not have a container, then you will need to search the area for something made from metal, glass, or clay that you can use to boil water. Collect about 3 cups of water and purify it by adding chlorine or ozone. If you don't have these purifiers, make a fire and boil the water for at least 10 minutes before using. If you can't start a fire, let the willow bark soak in the water for at least an hour. Keep in mind that even though wilderness water can be purer in many ways than other water, it does contain various parasites. Boiling water or using a purifier is the best approach to protect yourself from these parasites. If you are in an area where giardia (a parasite found in water) is present, or may be present, make certain you follow the correct purification procedure. Giardia can cause severe gastrointestinal symptoms that may cause abdominal pain and may also cause you to become severely dehydrated. After the water has started to boil, add the strips of willow bark to the water. Use about one tablespoon of willow bark per cup of water. Allow the willow bark to simmer for five to 10 minutes and then remove it from the fire.
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Dry the strips if you have time. Start a fire Gather some water from a nearby water source. Add the willow bark strips to boiling water and simmer.