New Resource for Kids with Migraine (and their parents)

A new book, just published this year, provides another resource for young kids (ages 4-8) who are struggling with migraine.

Recently I enjoyed reading an article by Joanne McPhail, the author of a new children’s book, “Milly Has A Migraine”. Well, of course I don’t “enjoy” hearing about people’s migraine attacks! But there was a lot of insight in a short article. Here’s a bit of it – click the link for the rest.

I am not sure what was worse as a parent; watching them in pain and not being able to fix it, or watching their emotional struggles and not having a band-aid for that either. Having a lot of migraine attacks can be so difficult in so many ways.  From people not understanding the whole-body experience of a migraine and wondering why you can’t just carry on with a headache; to people thinking you are exaggerating or making things up. Then there is just being forgotten about (out of sight, out of mind), left out and missing out. My kids were both sports kids, and I cannot tell you how much guilt we all had about practices and games missed. I will say that I probably didn’t help at those times, as I myself felt badly about them missing these things, and likely contributed unwittingly, to their stress. With a little distance, it’s easier to reflect on these things and reflect on what I could have done better.

Joanne McPhail

It is a challenge helping children with migraine, even if – or maybe especially if – depends on how you look at it – you have migraine yourself. And so I’m always interested in resources that will help parents and children alike in the journey. Milly Has A Migraine is one of these – another way to open up conversations with your child about migraine.

If you’re interested in the book, you can pick it up at Amazon here – Milly Has A Migraine. Purchasing through the link will also help the work of this website continue, helping kids and adults alike through the maze of migraine and headache information.