Episode 71 | How To Tell Your Kids That Mom Has Cancer
Child Life On Call: Parents of children with an illness or medical condition share their stories with a child life specialist
English - June 09, 2021 06:00 - 14 minutes - 20.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 78 ratingsParenting Kids & Family Health & Fitness Medicine nurse parents resident cancer child childlife childlifespecialist condition disease doctor Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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