If you’re the parent of a child with health concerns, you need information…and a little inspiration certainly doesn’t hurt. Where can you get it? Not from the news, that’s for sure. One good place to find communities that can help you learn from and connect with others interested in children’s health is on Facebook. The key is following the right information “gatekeepers”. Below are some of our favorites from the categories of children’s hospitals and organizations. Of course, there are thousands more, but if your time is tight, start here. If you like what you see, follow the page to see their updates in your Facebook news stream.
1. Children’s Hospitals
One nice thing about following children’s hospitals is that they usually have the resources to produce interesting and engaging updates – often these are stories straight from their facilities and not stories re-shared from general news sites. Here are some children’s hospitals with especially good Facebook pages:
https://www.facebook.com/childrenshospitalcolorado
https://www.facebook.com/ChildrensLA
https://www.facebook.com/seattlechildrens
https://www.facebook.com/BostonChildrensHospital/
https://www.facebook.com/ChildrensHospitalofPhiladelphia/
https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatichildrensfans/
https://www.facebook.com/TexasChildrensHospital
https://www.facebook.com/stanfordchildrens
2. Children’s Health Organizations
We hope you enjoy the Digging Deep Facebook page! In addition to our own organization, we love the Facebook pages of the following children’s health and advocacy groups:
https://www.facebook.com/StarlightChildrensFoundation
https://www.facebook.com/rmhcglobal
https://www.facebook.com/NICHQ.IS
https://www.facebook.com/Soaringwords
https://www.facebook.com/unicef
https://www.facebook.com/makeawish
https://www.facebook.com/firstfiveyears
https://www.facebook.com/easterseals
https://www.facebook.com/TeenCancerAmerica
Garth Sundem is a parent, husband, and author of books including “Real Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change”.
