Telling children about cancer takes bravery,honesty and patience, at a time when we might not be feeling very strong ourselves. Annalisa Barbieri speaks to experts in child psychology and cancer support about when and how to have the discussionOur natural instinct is to protect our children, and to invent things better for them. Telling them a loved one has cancer contradicts all of this. At a time when you yourself are trying to reach to terms with something enormous and life-changing – maybe it’s your partner or parent who has cancer,maybe it’s you – you will need to smash down the news into bite-size, not-so-scary chunks for the children in your life. And then be there to support them. Related: Why isn’t my doctor putting me forward for current cancer treatments? Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk