Seattle Children's South Clinic

08/20/2025

⛔️ Fi****ms are the #1 cause of death for children and teens.
🔒 Safely storing fi****ms helps protect them.
💭 Want to learn more?

Explore our firearm safety checklist and get a 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 for firearm storage products at seattlechildrens.org/firearm

08/17/2025

08/16/2025

Take a peek into some of the hidden healing spaces inside Seattle Children’s with Katie Chandrabalan!

Katie created this photo essay after attending our annual Summer Nurse Camp. Learn more about what she found at

A story told with Adobe Express

08/15/2025

🕺🏼Feeling sad or need some energy? Strike a Power Pose! 🤸🏽‍♀️
Last week, staff from Seattle Children's South Clinic visited Federal Way Kids Day to share this fun mindfulness activity with over 260 families.
🤜🏼 Got a power pose of your own? Share it in the comments!

08/15/2025

🕺🏼Feeling sad or need some energy? Strike a Power Pose! 🤸🏽‍♀️
Last week, staff from Seattle Children's South Clinic visited Federal Way Kids Day to share this fun mindfulness activity with over 260 families.
🤜🏼 Got a power pose of your own? Share it in the comments!

08/15/2025

08/15/2025

🎉Celebrating 10 Years in the South Sound!🎉
This year marks a decade of care, compassion, and connection at Seattle Children’s South Clinic in Federal Way.💙With over 25 medical specialties, we’ve been honored to serve families closer to home and we’re just getting started. Here’s to the next 10 years of growing healthy together!🌟

08/15/2025

✏️ Yup, it’s that time of year again!

Time to start thinking about school. And your kids are starting to think about it, too. Help them get ready to start the year strong with these suggestions from ’s experts:

Co-directors of the Mood and Anxiety Program at Seattle Children’s offer ways parents and caregivers can help reduce worries in children as they head back to school.

08/14/2025

21 years ago, high school student Jessica Havens attended Seattle Children's second Summer Nurse Camp. The experience sparked a lifelong passion for nursing and Jessica is still here as an incredible OR Nurse Manager!

“Through my Nurse Camp experience, I was able to shadow in the OR. I fell in love with nursing on that day and I knew what my future held.”

Jessica’s dedication to nursing, and her commitment to her colleagues and young patients, is truly inspiring. Thank you for choosing to be a part of the Seattle Children’s team. 🧡 🧡 🧡

08/14/2025

Help us bring a little comfort to families in need! Seattle Children’s inpatient families could really use your support – and you can make a BIG difference by donating everyday toiletries and basic needs. Our highest need items are toothpaste, pads/tampons, hairbrushes and combs.

These small essentials can help lighten the load for families spending long days at the hospital. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2X7C8B7AAYIZ2

08/14/2025

It’s common for children of any gender to experience body-image issues as they approach puberty. How can parents and caregivers help them navigate these feelings?

From offering healthy foods to limiting screen-time to thinking about what to say (and not to say) about children’s bodies, there are many ways adults can help kids build a healthy body image.

Get tips on this and other important topics in our latest issue of Good Growing:

Good Growing is a seasonal newsletter with child health and safety tips for parents.

08/13/2025

Seattle Children’s provides the most advanced treatments and clinical trials for children, teens and young adults with cancer of any pediatric hospital in the Pacific Northwest. https://bit.ly/476cQWw

“I saw what they did not only with my son, but what they did for everyone, for the patients,” shared Inomar, Ino’s father.

08/12/2025

Every summer, Seattle Children's offers local high school students the opportunity to learn more about nursing careers at our free Summer Nursing Camp.

Over 350 Seattle Children’s nurses came together to support 48 campers over five days of job-shadowing and hands-on learning at Seattle Children’s main campus.

Thank you to all our participants for your excitement, and to all our workforce who helped make this camp possible!

Want to learn more about our Summer Nurse Camp program? Visit https://www.seattlechildrens.org/health-safety/classes-events/summer-nursing-camp/

08/12/2025

Seattle Children’s is excited to share that Jennifer Baker, Child Life Clinical Supervisor, has been awarded the Delta Community Captain Award! 🎉

The Seattle Seahawks and Delta Air Lines have partnered to launch a program that recognizes individuals making a meaningful difference in the Seattle community.

Thank you, Delta, for your generous support of Seattle Children’s Child Life Internship Fund. This fund continues to provide vital support for our fellowship program, as well as for students in our child life internship and practicum programs. https://bit.ly/4ljR4lF

08/12/2025

Meet Jason Price, PhD, a rising star of cancer research at Seattle Children’s who is a protein engineer specializing in novel therapeutic design. He is also the lead investigator of the Price Lab, which develops innovative protein-based therapies for the treatment of pediatric disease.

Learn more about Dr. Price and other relentless cancer researchers in the Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders Research. https://bit.ly/40K3FXY

08/09/2025

Laptop? ✅
Case ‘o Ramen? ✅
Problem-solving skills? 🤔

Starting college is one of the biggest transitions in a young person’s life. Getting in the right mental space is just as important as figuring out schedules and dining hall options for successfully managing this big moment.

Is there a new college student in your life? Help them prepare with these tips from the Child Mind Institute:

With depression and anxiety on the rise, college students need emotional problem solving skills to handle the challenges of a new social and academic environment. Here are skills to teach and practice before they leave home.

08/08/2025

We had a blast at Federal Way Kid’s Day! 🎉 Seattle Children’s South Clinic was proud to join the fun with exciting activities, awesome prizes, and our popular Power Pose mindfulness exercise 💪🧘‍♀️ Thanks to everyone who stopped by—we loved connecting with our community!

08/07/2025

There’s nothing quite like a Northwest summer! ☀️
Learn ways to enjoy the weather AND stay safe and healthy this summer—and get caught up what’s happening at Seattle Children's—with the latest issue of Healthy Tides, our newsletter for parents and caregivers:
https://mailchi.mp/seattlechildrens/healthy-tides-july2025

08/06/2025

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Maybe even wildfires! How can you keep yourself and your family healthy when the air gets smoky?

With the increase in temperatures and dry conditions, the concern for wildfires and smoke increases. Learn more about how to stay safe from wildfire smoke from UW Medicine:

Pediatrician Dr. Catherine Karr says parents should be mindful of protecting young children from exposure to wildfire smoke during times when air quality plu...

07/25/2025

Do you have a child with a disability who’s about to turn 18?
Have questions about how to prepare for their transition to adulthood?

Check out our virtual class for parents and caregivers of youth who will need ongoing support as adults.

➡️ 100% free
➡️ Watch on-demand
➡️ Recordings available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese

This free, on-demand virtual class is for parents and caregivers of youth in their late teens who will need ongoing support as adults or help with decision-making, disability-related benefits and other services.

07/24/2025

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Mosquito bites don’t just itch, they can cause disease, too!
Learn how you can protect your family from mosquito bites with these tips from the Pediatric Pandemic Network.

Mosquito-borne diseases are sicknesses caused by viruses or parasites that mosquitoes spread. When a mosquito bites someone, it can spread these germs and make the person sick.