Children have all kinds of thoughts; they’re very perceptive, they know something’s going on, and sometimes addressing them right up front is useful. For some people that means reading their child a book. For example, there’s a great book called “The Worry Cup”, and it’s about a mother sharing with her children that she has cancer ... .
Talk to other families. Talk to your doctors. Your oncology nurses who are just tremendous resources. And other people who’ve been through it and say ‘How did you tell your daughter? How did you tell your son?’.
Use school resources because these are professionals that want to help your children get through this ... .
Kids are resilient. People are resilient, and get through these experiences.
Dr. Ken Miller
Yale Cancer Center
Oncologist and author of "Choices in Breast Cancer"
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