Talking To Kids About Cancer
Filed in: Critical Illness
30 July 2025
The phone call comes on an ordinary Tuesday. The doctor's words hang in the air like a thunderclap, and suddenly your world tilts on its axis. But as the initial shock settles, a new fear emerges, one that catches many parents off guard. It's about the small faces looking up at you, wondering why everything feels different.
How do you tell a five-year-old that cancer isn't contagious? How do you explain to a teenager that life is about to change, while still giving them hope? How do you protect your children without leaving them to fill in the terrifying blanks themselves?
What if the very thing you're most afraid to do, telling your children the truth, is actually the key to helping them cope? What if honesty, delivered with love and age-appropriate care, could become your family's greatest source of strength?
This is a roadmap for one of parenting's most challenging journeys, written by those who've walked this path before you.
