Supporting Kids Through Your Cancer Diagnosis

Posted March 23rd, 2016

Members of Team OncoLink are proud supporters of Camp Kesem, a national organization that provides a free, week long, summer camp experience to children ages 6-16, who have a parent with cancer. As part of a local Camp Kesem fundraiser, camper mom Karin shared her story with the attendees. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house.  […]

Bob Riter

What to tell your young children if you have cancer

Posted November 9th, 2015

If you are diagnosed with cancer when you have young children, you’re faced with what to share with them and how to share it. Children can usually sense when something is wrong. And they will likely overhear the word “cancer” when you’re talking with someone else. If you tell them the truth, they can focus […]

Cancer and Parenting: More Tips for Patients with Young Children

Posted June 11th, 2015

Specific tips about how you can find the support to keep you mentally and physically healthy and be a good parent during cancer treatment.

Cancer and Parenting: Tips for Patients with Young Children

Posted April 9th, 2015

Dealing with a cancer diagnosis and the subsequent treatment is a challenge in itself, but parenting young children at the same time poses a unique set of challenges and concerns.