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Hilary Hodge

Hilary Hodge

Author and advocate for parents with chronic illness; writer of The Art of Parenting While Sick; patient co-chair of the severe asthma arm of the European Respiratory Society; lives in the Loire Valley, France.

Aug 10, 2026

25:26
I'm sorry.
25:28
No, there was just a bunch.
25:29
I will respond, but just help me stay on track because I did really want to just respond briefly to your point about empathy.
25:36
I think it's an excellent point.
25:37
And I talk to so many parents.
25:40
And one of my favorite things is talking to parents of adult children, because then I can kind of see how it turned out, who say their kids are super empathetic, grew up just way more empathetic than their peers, more likely to stand up to bullies, things like that.
25:55
One woman I spoke with early on, Kisa, really impacted me.

12 MINS LATER

38:11
But when you're experiencing those flare days, how personally do you adjust your expectations in terms of your parenting style?

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