Someone I Love is Sick

A recurring theme of this blog is that Healthy Survivors don't try to reinvent the wheel; they find out about and take advantage of available resources that can help. If you or someone you know is a parent of very young children and dealing with cancer, you need to know about a fabulous new resource:

Someone I Love is Sick is a customizable tool to use when talking with children ages 2-6 years old about a parent or grandparent who has cancer. It comes as an empty 7" x 9" three-ring notebook and a packet of laminated pages from which each family can choose the ones that apply to their family's situation.

So, for example, if a father is undergoing radiation that family would pick the page that pictures a dad undergoing radiation therapy. And if it is the mother, the family would choose the following page:

As I wrote for the book's back cover,

"Someone I Love is Sick was written just for you. It's easy. It's fun. Talking about family illness is the first step toward helping children grow strong through adversity. This book begins the healing by helping you open the lines of communication with your very young children."

 

Comments

[Debby]

Looks like a good resource for families dealing with cancer. I visited the site and read all the pages. In the future, the website will become more interactive with reader comments and updates.

[B]

Wendy - where can we order the book?

[Kairol Rosenthal]

Great resource. Lots of 20 and 30-something cancer patient moms and dads read my blog. I'll post this as a resource for them.

Thanks.
Kairol

[Wendy]

B: You can order online by clicking the "Buy Now" icon on the top toolbar of homepage. And note that they offer discounts on bulk orders.

Kairol: Yes, that would be great. This is where the Internet magnifies the good people can do.

with hope, Wendy