quote – Child life specialists help children cope with hospitalization through the power of play and education.

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller

Let the children play! Image Source:http://media-cache-ec3.pinimg.com/originals/78/f0/6b/78f06b948b5c4d5cc9728a4c4742c811.jpg

Mary Poppins, the famous nanny form the children’s story, was onto something when she sang, “a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.” Mary knew that we feel better about something unpleasant when we pair it with something we like. Healing images for children, Nancy Klein, M.A.

Happy nurses’ week!

“everyone smiles in the same language.” Source: weheartit.com

“Nothing you do for children is ever wasted.” – Garrison Keillor

” choose a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” – Confucius

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” — the lorax

“Childhood has its own ways of seeing, thinking, and feeling…” – Jean Jacques Rousseau

“Children learn for the sake of learning; their minds seek knowledge like the eye seeks light.” – John Locke