The phrase "afflicted child" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a child who is suffering from a physical or mental condition, illness, or hardship.
Example: "The story revolves around an afflicted child who struggles to find joy in a world filled with challenges."
Alternatives: "suffering child" or "troubled child".
Now, the only way to get rid of the mucus is to have parents spend an hour or two a day banging at the chest of their afflicted child to loosen it.
Like Henry James's The Turn of the Screw (and thereafter Jack Clayton's The Innocents), the real focus here is not the supernaturally afflicted child but the psychologically disquieted adult.
"Psychiatric propaganda on child education has thoroughly deceived well-meaning parents, teacher and politicians into believing that normal childhood behavior is a mental illness, and that only by heavy drugging from an early age can an afflicted child make it through his schooling life".
"Psychiatric propaganda on child education has thoroughly deceived well-meaning parents, teacher and politicians into believing that normal childhood behaviour is a mental illness, and that only by heavy drugging from an early age can an afflicted child make it through his schooling life".
(There is a persistent myth that the dogs absorb the illness; when a family dog dies, the afflicted child is supposed to recover).
However, in his analysis the afflicted child in wrongful life cases was "wronged" (ibid.
Chronic diseases leave a significant effect on not only the afflicted children but also their parents.
About one-third of the reported cases afflicted children underage 5, the organization said.
In fascination and awe, I watched dozens of operations on severely afflicted children, mainly with cleft mouth and palate.
The Guardian is to be applauded in countering that obstinately, patronisingly upbeat tone that has afflicted children's books criticism for so long.
A handful of states, including Maryland, have established a Medicaid autism waiver to allow parents of severely afflicted children to obtain relevant services independent of income.
