After your child has died
"What do I do?" "How can I go on?" "How will we get through this?" "What about our other children, how do we support them?" "Is this normal, am I normal, are we normal, what is normal?" These are among the many questions asked when parents and families search for a 'pathway’ through grief...[read more]
Coping when your world is torn apart
At the time of diagnosis previous normal family routines come to an abrupt end and, however much life gets back on track, it will never return to 'normal' again. It represents a period of shock, stress and challenge. Professor Chesler divides the stresses into five types...[read more]
The Anger Toolbox
A handbook of tools for parents and caregivers to help children and young people through angry times. This colourful book written by Tricia Irving and John Taylor Smith and published by ‘Skylight’ gives parents and carers lots of practical ideas to help them manage and support children and teenagers through angry times...[read more]
The End of Treatment
The end of treatment. It signifies so much. For some: an end to daily tablet taking. For others: getting back some control over family life, a time to celebrate. But also, for many families: a time of high anxiety as they learn to live without the medicine stopping the cancer coming back...[read more]
