In this week’s incredibly honest and profound episode, we sit down with Jeff Loving, a husband, proud NICU dad, and the author of Holding Onto the Light: A Father’s Journey Through Loss and Healing. Jeff shares the deeply personal, often unspoken, side of grief: the...
Episode 71 | How To Tell Your Kids That Mom Has Cancer
Podcast Show Notes
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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