Talking to Kids About Cancer

When we think of Cancer, we often think of how it effects adults and older people, we don’t always think about how it effects children. The truth is, the majority of adults and older people who have cancer, have children in their life.  Children have parents, aunts, uncles, older siblings, grandparents, teachers and friends who may be diagnosed with cancer at some point.  

The other truth is that kids get cancer too. About 10,470 children in the United States under the age of 15 will be diagnosed with cancer in 2022. Childhood cancer rates have been rising slightly for the past few decades. After accidents, cancer is the second leading cause of death in children ages 1 to 14. About 1,050 children under the age of 15 are expected to die from cancer in 2022.  With those kinds of numbers, we need to understand that cancer most certainly involves children.

So, what do we tell the kids about cancer?     

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month so there’s no better time to talk about how to talk to them. 

The answer can vary, it can get complicated, but it always starts with the truth.

 

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