Online and Community Resources
No matter what your prognosis, it is natural for
children to ask questions
about death. They may also feel a strong sense
of grief and loss about the
illness and the impact it has upon you and your
family.
If you would like additional information
to talk with your children about
the grief and loss they experience related to
the cancer journey, you may
find the following books helpful:
- 35 Ways to Help a Grieving
Child by the Dougy
Center for Grieving Children
- Guiding Your Child
Through Grief by James P. Emswiler and
Mary Ann Emswiler
- Talking About Death:
A Dialogue between Parent and Child by
Earl Grollman
- Sad Isn't Bad: A Good
Grief Guidebook for Kids Dealing with Loss by Michaelene Mundy
- How Do We Tell the Children?
A Step-by-Step Guide for Helping Children
Two to Teen
Reading a story or sharing a book with your
child may be a helpful tool
for encouraging a discussion about concerns and
feelings. The following
books are written for children and address important
issues about diagnosis,
treatment and life:
- I Love You Forever by Robert
Munsch
- The Fall of Freddie
the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages by
Leo Buscaglia
For Younger Children:
- Our Mom Has Cancer by Abigail and Adrienne Ackerman
- Because Someone
I Love Has Cancer: Kids Activity Book
by The American Cancer Society
- Talking with
My Treehouse Friends About Cancer: Interactive
Workbook
by Peter Van Derhoot
- In Mommy's Garden: A
Book to Help Explain Cancer to Young Children
by Neyal Ammary
- The Paper Chain by Claire Blake,
Eliza Blanchard and Kathy Parkinson
- My Mommy
Has Cancer by Carolyn Stearns-Parkinson
- The
Rainbow Feeling of Cancer by Carrie Martin
and Chia Martin
For pre-teens and teenagers:
- Less than
Perfect by Louis Albert
For parents:
- When a Parent has Cancer:
A Guide to Caring for Your Children
by Wendy S. Harpham MD
- Cancer in the Family:
Helping Children Cope with a Parent's Illness by Katherine Bruss, Joy Fincannon, Sue Heiney,
and Joan Hermann
- Helping your Children
Cope with Cancer: A Guide for Parents and
Families
by Peter Van Derhoot
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