How To Survive Your Child’s Cancer Diagnosis
A child getting sick is every parent's worst nightmare, but by keeping vigilant and accepting the support of others, you and your family...
Oct 25, 2018
Tips for tough task of telling a kid they have cancer
Children are amazingly perceptive and often understand more than we imagine. Maintaining open lines of communication helps children, and...
Feb 26, 2018
The impossible happened: My 16-month-old baby has cancer
My baby has cancer. My sweet, snuggly, smiling boy who still plays with my hair while breastfeeding and loves long walks wrapped high on...
Sep 12, 2017
5 Things for Parents to Consider When Communicating with their AYA With Cancer
A cancer diagnosis, the treatment process, and the transition from cancer patient to cancer survivor brings a host of challenging changes...
Jun 12, 2017
Caregiving, single parents and cumulative stresses when caring for a child with cancer
A diagnosis of childhood cancer can result in financial, emotional and physical strains on families. These strains can be a particular...
Jun 27, 2016
9 Things the Mom of a Child With Cancer Wants You to Know
There is no handbook, no guide and no right answers, but here’s what I, the mother of a cancer survivor, can offer you. Read more here:...
Mar 24, 2016
How do you enforce bedtime and table manners when your kid has cancer? Sometimes you don’t.
Having a sick child has made me a more permissive parent, for better and for worse. Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/postev...
Feb 10, 2016
From One Parent of a Child With Cancer to Another
This is a letter I am writing from myself as one parent of a child with cancer to another parent of a child with cancer. This letter is...
Oct 30, 2015
When your child is diagnosed with cancer: top advice from a mom who’s been there
Whether your “child” is 5, 15, or 25, hearing that he or she has a brain tumor changes your world forever. From that moment on, nothing...
Sep 1, 2015
What You Don’t Know About the Toughest of Cancer Dads
As a childhood cancer parent vet (we’ve been at this for 19 months, so I guess that makes us veterans), I’ve seen countless fathers rise...
Jun 22, 2015