Episode 71 | How To Tell Your Kids That Mom Has Cancer - a podcast by Katie Taylor, Certified Child Life Specialist
from 2021-06-09T06:00
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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