Play with a purpose is key for child life specialists
Child life specialists use medical play to help children “play” out their feelings or anxieties or learn about an medical procedure.
Children’s Minnesota Stories
Read health tips from our experts as well as stories by patients, families and staff about kids’ health and their experiences at Children’s Minnesota.
Preventing springtime slips and falls
As temperatures fluctuate, the number of slips and falls rise. Find suggestions to take the right precautions to prevent from falling.
How distraction can help kids cope under stress
Playing a game by yourself might help reduce pain, but playing with someone through your medical event is likely to be much more effective.
What’s so special about special events?
The Child Life Department at Children's Minnesota plans special events to help create memories and playtime for patients, families, staff and the community.
Children’s Minnesota certified as Level I Children’s Surgery Center by American College of Surgeons
Children’s is the first and only hospital system in Minnesota and the thirteenth center in the nation to earn Level I verification.
Child Life Services uses play to support patients and families
Child Life focuses on age appropriate play and education to help patients understand ad cope with procedures and other experiences at Children's Minnesota.
$500,000 Kohl’s grant makes breathing and learning easier for Twin Cities students with asthma
Children’s is using the $500,000 from Kohl’s Cares to provide resources to Minneapolis and St. Paul public schools to help kids struggling with asthma.
Rock the Cradle — a free day of family fun with The Current and Children’s Minnesota
Join Children's Minnesota and The Current for Rock the Cradle - a free event for kids and their grownups to explore music, art and culture this Sunday, March 24 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Children’s Theatre Company.
Breastfeeding and pumping pods available at Children’s Minnesota in Minneapolis and St. Paul
Breastfeeding or pumping moms can use the private and secure pods with roomy benches, space for a stroller, and a place to plug in a pump.
Children’s cleft and craniofacial team is there for families from birth through young adulthood
As ENT facial plastic surgeons the team at Children's Minnesota created a treatment plan for Austin O'Neil that reduced the stress on his family.