Child’s suffering: proposals to support and manage the illness

A child’s pain needs to be addressed and understood as a sensory and emotional experience, through which “invisible” things can be discovered. The perception of a child’s pain and its psychological, interpersonal and somatic consequences need dedicated support and management during medical treatment. Without adequate support and management, which give suffering a precise meaning, the suffering of children remains a primitive injustice. This article closely examines and looks at possible ways to approach the reception and care of suffering children. The importance of communication of the diagnosis as a decisive moment in the life of the whole family is the focus. We discussed the role of welcoming, listening and processing the thoughts concerning the disease to be able to accept, without running away from the suffering derived from the painful experience.