Parenting a child with chronic pain

This leaflet is for parents of children and young people with chronic pain. It looks at some of the challenges and how you can face them with top tips from parents, healthcare professionals and young people.

If you would like to know more about the sources of evidence consulted for this publication click here.

Further resources

Visit painconcern.org.uk/families-and-children for links to more resources and to listen to podcasts featuring children’s pain and the needs of family and carers.

Listen to our Airing Pain radio programmes on children and young adults in pain:

• Airing Pain 118: Pain Management In Young People
  
• Airing Pain 99: Transition services for adolescents with chronic pain
• Airing Pain 78: Putting Children’s Pain in the Picture
• Airing Pain 40: Children in Pain
• Airing Pain 10: Young People In Pain
• Airing Pain 3: Children in Pain