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While it can be hard to talk to your children about cancer, it is important not to overload them with too much information or bombard them with medical jargon. However, children will still have questions, and it is likely they will want to know more How...
How To Answer Children's Frequently Asked Questions About Cancer
Children are naturally curious. When they find out that a parent or sibling has cancer, it is likely that they will have many questions. It is important that children feel informed, and that they do not feel like information is being withheld from them....
Use The Kids’ Guide to Cancer App To Help Children Learn About Cancer
Camp Quality has launched the Kids’ Guide to Cancer app to provide age-appropriate cancer education for children. The app answers common questions children have about cancer. It includes information on the different types of cancer and treatments, of the...
Finding Your New Normal When Treatment Is Over - Who Can Help?
Bringing your child home from hospital after cancer treatment can be a time of celebration, but there can be uncertainty too. Leaving the familiar routine and support system of hospital may feel like losing a safety net, and anxiety about symptoms can to...
How Do You Deal With Changes In Appearance Due To Cancer Treatment?
Physical changes to appearance as a result of cancer treatment, such as hair falling out, can have a profound emotional effect on both adults and children. Whether it’s the child’s own appearance that is being impacted due to treatment, or they to terms...
How to support a child facing cancer at primary school
School can be a really challenging place for a child who is impacted by cancer, whether due to their own diagnosis, or the diagnosis of a sibling, parent or carer. In what should be a safe and supportive environment for a child, people at school may not...
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, they enter an unfamiliar world of doctors, treatment and hospital, which particularly for younger children can be frightening and difficult to understand. For parents navigating the hospital environment themselves,...
Sally McDonnell-Adams, Jerushah Connell and Shae Chester provide support for parents and carers who are facing their own or their partner's end of life and into bereavement, to assist them in supporting their children.
Telling your children you have cancer is probably one of the most difficult things you'll ever have to do. Parents and carers often worry that telling the truth about their cancer will cause more distress for their children, but secrecy often makes worse...
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We know that if we support parents through cancer, their children experience much lower levels of distress. That’s why Canteen and Camp Quality joined together to create Parenting Through Cancer , a safe online space where parents who are dealing with...
Preparing yourself to ask the questions you need answered
If you have ever been worried about what cancer related questions to ask during an appointment, or remembering all the answers to those questions, you’re not alone. There might be endless questions you want to ask your doctor or treatment team, but are...
Informing others can create a more supportive environment for you and your children and ensure they get extensions or special consideration as needed. Work letter template - Employee's sibling has cancer Work letter template - Employee's parent has Work...
Informing others can create a more supportive environment for you and your children and ensure they get extensions or special consideration as needed. School Letter Template - Child's sibling has cancer School Letter Template - Child has cancer School -...
What's Canteen all about? Canteen understands that when cancer crashes into a family’s world, it can turn everything upside down. Cancer is the last thing anyone wants in their life, but now that it’s here, we can help you deal with it. This booklet you...
Talking about death and dying is a sensitive subject. Be sure to follow your own wisdom and modify and customise any presented strategies to best suit you and your family. Memories and rituals are important ways of maintaining your connection with the a...
Talking with your child when their sibling has died of cancer
Talking about death and dying is a sensitive subject. Every child is unique and as a parent, you know your child and family best. Be sure to follow your own parental wisdom and modify and customise any presented strategies to best suit you and your The...
Dealing with grief doesn’t mean trying to ignore or ‘get over’ your loss. It means finding ways to live with the loss and take care of yourself and your family while you grieve. There is no such thing as a ‘normal’ way to grieve. Some people cry openly...
When someone you love dies your life is changed forever . Understanding those changes, getting used to them and adjusting to them can take a really long time. In the meantime, daily life goes on. Some people find maintaining their helpful. But that mean...
