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Designed for Siblings
Inspired by Siblings

"Children have strong feelings when a sibling is ill"

- Katie Price
Child Life Specialist CHOP

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Play is how children make sense of the world around them.
Share Your Smile Program 
provides this play to both patients and their siblings.

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With Each LEGO Set Delivered to a Hospitalized Child will come with a
LEGO Polybag to give to their sibling or friend.

Children We Have Helped 

Kaspian

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Hewitt

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Every $100 dollars donated
is the Mental Health raised on another 30 Siblings
or Friends 

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How to help all of your children find strength and resilience

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  • Praise all siblings and recognize each child’s unique qualities and family contributions.

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  • Share some of your own feelings or concerns when appropriate and let your children know it’s OK to feel that way.

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  • Recognize that even negative feelings, such as anger or jealousy, are real. Make it clear that you hear those feelings when a child expresses them. Don’t criticize a child for having emotions that are less than angelic. Help your children identify positive outlets for strong feelings.

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  • Spend time alone with each of your children. That might be a walk, a scooter outing, or a movie night. You might ask each child to make a list of ways they would like to spend one-on-one time with you, then find time for an item on the list every few days.

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  • Ask for and accept help from friends and family members. Use that help to make yourself available for one-on-one time and important activities in each of your children’s lives — plays and recitals, sports events, time volunteering in a child’s classroom or simply make-believe play with a young child.

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  • Limit the caregiving responsibilities of older siblings. Avoid making older children regularly carry the burden of being a parent to younger siblings when you can’t be there.

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  • Make it clear to your children that no one is to blame for their sibling’s illness. Young children in particular can silently take on a sense of blame when bad things happen, and they need to know they are not at fault.

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  • Seek out other families that have a child with similar health needs and give your children a chance to meet and play with kids who are going through a similar sibling experience. Your care team may be able to help you make those connections.

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  • Talk with school counselors about what is going on in your family, or see a therapist to help your young child find ways to cope with strong emotions.

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LittleBricks Charity is a nonprofit corporation exempt from federal 
income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Federal Identification Number (EIN): 83-3913042
(Registered as LittleBricks Charity)

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