Helping Your Adolescent Get a Handle on Anxiety The teen years are tough on pretty much everyone, but if you’re suffering from a health condition like alopecia or any other disease that affects your appearance, you may be dealing with low self-esteem, a lack of confidence, and anxiety to boot. Here, we offer parents six
Teaching Kids How to Value Self-Care and Help Them Be the Best Versions of Themselves for the Days Ahead Indeed, the concept of self-care is a hot topic on everyone's lips nowadays. In fact, it is as essential for children as it is for adults as they navigate school, friends, sports, technology, and everything in
You might be wondering why we added two new programs. Here are the details as to why. I am sure most of you have heard by now about Rio, the little girl in Indiana who had alopecia and suffered from being bullied, and last week committed suicide. Although we did not personally know Rio or
It's 2022 and that means the start of Camps, Groups, and CAP2U! It all starts in February 2022 with a CAP2U speaking tour of the south and CAP Kid Camp Florida. The camp is at YMCA Camp Winona in De Leon Springs, FL from February 18-20 and then speaking and meeting CAP Kids in Florida,
It's the same Alopeciapalooza, a different location. We are at Black Rock Retreat in Quarryville, Pennsylvania in Amish Country. We had to change the venue but not the dates, it's still Friday, June 11 to Monday, June 14. Address and directions are on the registration page at Alopeciapalooza.org and are sure to register soon, we
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and Seasons Greetings to you all! The Children's Alopecia Project invites you to a Holiday online concert on Monday, December 21st at 6:00 PM Eastern Time. acuteinflections.com/capShow Description: An intimate musical experience is a perfect way to relax and smile during difficult times. Fortunately, Acute Inflections, New York’s sultry duo, will
A Month-Long 5K Fundraiser. Register at CapGobbleGallop.org
Francie Puts On Her Courage by Betsy Woytovich Francie is your everyday 6th grader who loves basketball and excels in art when suddenly her hair starts to fall out. As she deals with her diagnosis of Alopecia and the stigma of being different in middle school, Francie’s journey becomes difficult at times. But with help
I am reaching out because I had to make a difficult decision that I did not want to make but felt it would be irresponsible not to. I am afraid we will not have any camps in what remains of 2020. I made the decision based on the spike in new cases and the fear
The Virtual Alopeciapalooza Family Challenge Since we can’t be together this year in Maine for Alopeciapalooza, we thought it would be fun to do a virtual camp experience. We focused on our great speakers with virtual talks to replace Calipalooza and CAP Kid Camp Wisconsin. But now we’re ready for something a little different to
