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Any parent of a child with asthma will go through times of stress or worry when your child is unwell. You may recognise some of the following feelings in yourself.
- Anxiety -Constantly being aware and looking out for asthma symptoms or being frightened of a severe attack.
- Fatigue – Especially if your child has night time symptoms or when you are trying to juggle home, children and work.
- Sharing your time with other children – If you have other children who do not have asthma it can be difficult to make time for all of them when the child with asthma is unwell.
- Trying to treat all your children the same – all your children will have different needs.
- Being overprotective – limiting your child with asthma from normal childhood experiences.
- No “me” time – for yourself or with your partner and friends.
