{"product_id":"helping-your-children-cope-with-your-cancer-second-edition-isbn-9781578262311","title":"Helping Your Children Cope with Your Cancer (Second Edition)","description":"Cancer is bad news. It’s frightening to even think about it. Now think how frightening it would be for your children to know you have cancer. How do you tell them? How do you deal with the trauma and the pain? How do you prepare for the emotional and psychological upheaval a family endures when a parent has cancer?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Van Dernoot has gathered the real-life stories and experiences of over twenty parents who have been diagnosed with cancer. They share their deepest fears and their highest hopes as they provide the reader with invaluable advice, guidance and inspiration. Now including all-new stories from parents and advice from professional counselors, this groundbreaking book is a very special gift from families affected by cancer to families affected by cancer.\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessionals: Sharing Their Insight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.The Importance of Communicating with Your Kids About Cancer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.A Look Inside a Children’s Support Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.Sharing the Journey with Your Child\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.Kids Count’s “Chemo Bear” Hits the Road to Meet Special Needs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParents: Helping Their Kids Cope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.Unconditional Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6.A Little Understanding Goes a Long Way\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7.“Mom, I Lost It Today!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8.Do It With Love, And All Else Is Irrelevant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9.My Family Has Cancer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10.Ready to Enter Chemotherapy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11.Speaking With the Angels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12.I Am Ashamed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13.Something Is Wrong!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14.Goompa Has an Owie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15.I Love Life!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. Baldy Head...Hair Head\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17.Children: The Forgotten Part of Cancer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18.Cool, Mom!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19.Yes, Mom, I’m Scared\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20.Robin’s Hope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21.Amy’s Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e22.“Manuel, You Have Cancer”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e23.Children’s Support Group Was a Godsend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e24.There Is a Purpose to All This\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e25.Teachers Can Make a Big Difference\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e26.Andy Updates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e27.Helping Kids CLIMB through Tough Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChildren: Expressing Themselves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e28.From Gilda’s Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e29.Mom’s Cancer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e30.Mom Talked With Me Every Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e31.For My Daddy“\u003ci\u003eHelping Your Children Cope With Your Cancer\u003c\/i\u003e provides valuable advice on how to discuss the impact of this disease on the whole family. The personal stories in this book really show the importance of opening a dialogue for children to ask questions, share feelings, and gain the knowledge they need to cope with a parent’s cancer.” –Lance Armstrong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Helping your children cope with your cancer...will be the hardest thing you have ever done and this book and the personal stories and programs contained in it will help you do it the best way for you and your child.”  –Peggy Anne Murphy, L.M.S.W., Les Gallo-Silver, L.C.S.W.R., and Stacy Kramer, L.M.S.W., Cancer Care, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book provides an instant support group for families in which a parent has been diagnosed with cancer.”–The Susan G. Komen Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkable publication, the first of its kind...essential to every family afflicted with cancer.” –William R. Nelson, M.D., former Surgical Oncologist Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Center\u003cb\u003ePeter van Dernoot’s\u003c\/b\u003e wife was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer when their children were 11 and 15, and died at the age of forty-five. From 1981 to 2001 he operated his own communications management company in Denver, Colorado. Previously, he held senior public relations posts in major international companies. In 2001, he founded The Children’s Treehouse Foundation, and in 2005, received the Human Service Professional of the Year award from the National Association of Social Workers, Colorado Chapter, for his work with the foundation. To learn more about the foundation, visit www.childrenstreehousefdn.org. Proceeds from the sale of this book are being donated to The Children’s Treehouse Foundation.","brand":"Hatherleigh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233223487717,"sku":"NP9781578262311","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781578262311.jpg?v=1767728929","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/helping-your-children-cope-with-your-cancer-second-edition-isbn-9781578262311","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}