Katherine never knew a world without her big brother Jonathon. Their relationship has a lot in common with any other run-of-the-mill siblings—they have inside jokes, a whole lot of love, and a bit of resentment. So, why are we talking about Katherine’s experience growing up? Because Jonathon has rare syndrome that hugely affected their home life and every day.

In this episode, Katherine shares what it was like for her and gives us the DL on what we can do and be aware of to be the best possible parents to all of our children.

*This is a rebroadcast of one of my favorite episodes of The Rare Life for you to listen to while we work on production for season 8, coming in August! If you’d like to discuss this episode with other members of The Rare Life community, we’ll be holding three different meetings run by our amazing group facilitators every Tuesday at 8pm in PST/CST/EST. Fill out our contact form to get the Zoom link each week!*

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