My children have a mother with a chronic illness. They live with my rheumatoid arthritis just as much as I do. I was given my diagnosis when all three of them were young, and since then I've spent a lot of time worrying about what the daily uncertainty of my condition would mean to them, and whether it would affect their development.
They are all teenagers now, one getting ready for college, and I can attest that my illness has indeed affected them. Here's how.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/opinion/chronic-rheumatoid-arthritis-children.html?
