Here are a few writing pages to print out that will give you things to talk about with your family.

1. If someone asked your mother about you, 10 years down the road, what would you like your mother to say? PDF

2. If someone like you came to the hospital with the same illness, what would you say to them? PDF

3. What would you like the hospital staff to know about what works best for you during your stay or what would be helpful to you and what would not be so helpful? PDF

4. When you come to the hospital, who in your family gets worried the most? How can you tell? What would you like to say to that person that they may not be aware of? PDF

5. If you could use a camera, what do you notice about each member in your family? PDF
· What are the similarities or differences on how they cope with you being sick?
· What are some things you would like them to do for you?
· What are some of the things that family members do that concern you?

6. If you could go to a staff meeting with the doctors and nurses, what are the three most important things you would like them to know? PDF

7. If a group of kids your age can get together and talk about how they feel, what do you think they would say? PDF

8. If a group of you from this hospital could go to a school where there are well kids, what would you like them to know about how life is for you? PDF

9. Name three things that children, who have an illness like yours, don’t like hearing. PDF

10. When children are ill sometimes adults can pretend that they are not sick. What would you like to say to these adults? If someone did that to you, what would you like to say to them? PDF