How can I find a positive role model for my child with chronic illness?

Our celebrity-obsessed culture can sometimes be a real boon. Quite a few stars help with awareness about certain diseases. And a celebrity’s influence can be especially strong medicine for a child coping with a chronic illness.

Learning that a famous baseball player or pop star shares the same condition can be inspiring for a kid. (Of course, it can result in a whole new rash of merchandise and clothing requests, but those are the breaks.) Do a little online research and see what famous or highly accomplished people your child might identify with, then use them to inspire and help him. For instance, did you know the famous Italian scientist, Galileo, was believed to have had ADHD?

From The Smart Parent's Guide: Getting Your Kids Through Checkups, Illnesses, and Accidents by Jennifer Trachtenberg.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.