Episode 71 | How To Tell Your Kids That Mom Has Cancer

Episode 71 | How To Tell Your Kids That Mom Has Cancer

Update: 2021-06-09
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Answering Parent Questions: How Do I Tell My Kids that I Have Cancer?

 

Katie, Certified Child Life Specialist gives you tips, language and things to consider when you’re telling children about a cancer diagnosis in the family.

 

We talk about:

 

+How to assess your child’s reaction to the news

+Concrete language to describe cancer and chemotherapy

+Ways to keep the conversation open-ended

 

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Episode 71 | How To Tell Your Kids That Mom Has Cancer

Episode 71 | How To Tell Your Kids That Mom Has Cancer

Katie Taylor, Certified Child Life Specialist