Cancer and kids

I have two toddlers… and stage four breast cancer

I have two toddlers… and stage four breast cancer

You know you’re a mother when you’re still trying to micromanage a childhood you might not be around for.

Crysta Balis

I let my kids cut my hair off instead of waiting for it to fall out from chemo

I let my kids cut my hair off instead of waiting for it to fall out from chemo

When I started chemotherapy my kids began to worry about me losing my hair. So, two weeks in, I decided to throw a haircutting party.

Amy Miedema

How having a child with cancer prepared me for COVID-19

How having a child with cancer prepared me for COVID-19

Going through those five years of hell taught this mom a lot about resiliency and most importantly, how to get through a crisis.

Antonia Palmer

Ricki Lake wants sick kids to have access to cannabis oil

Ricki Lake wants sick kids to have access to cannabis oil

In the new documentary Weed the People, actress Ricki Lake and director Abby Epstein explore the use of cannabis oil in kids with cancer.

Kim Shiffman

This 5-year-old asked for a fun funeral, so his parents did just that

This 5-year-old asked for a fun funeral, so his parents did just that

"Funerals are sad: I want 5 bouncy houses (because I'm 5), Batman, and snow cones"

Kevin John Siazon

I lost my hair, so other moms might not have to lose their child

I lost my hair, so other moms might not have to lose their child

My daughter hung a sign saying “No crying!” on her hospital room door. I only broke her rule once—just before she passed away from a cancer without a cure.

Carrie Wall

Mommy has a tumour—now, let’s go buy a trampoline

Mommy has a tumour—now, let’s go buy a trampoline

I was good at talking to kids about cancer and dying—it was part of my job as a social worker. But then I was diagnosed with colon cancer.

Dr. Kathy Kortes-Miller

How to crowdfund your kid's medical expenses

How to crowdfund your kid's medical expenses

When your child's seriously ill, money is the last thing on your mind. But after being buried in medical expenses, many parents are turning to crowdfunding.

Cheryl Alkon

How to tell your kids a loved one has cancer

How to tell your kids a loved one has cancer

“It was heartbreaking, but I was also bursting with pride that my girls could be so articulate and have a conversation about cancer.”

Raina Delisle

This dying boy's wish was to help other kids like him

This dying boy's wish was to help other kids like him

The Children’s Wish Foundation has released a video for their new clothing line inspired by Jayden Strauss, and my family got to be a part of it.

Erin Phelan

The boy who moved Christmas

The boy who moved Christmas

Doctors didn't think the seven-year-old Evan would survive past Christmas. So the town of St. George, Ont. moved Christmas up for him.

Meagan Campbell, Maclean's

This 6-year-old has found a magical way to help sick kids

This 6-year-old has found a magical way to help sick kids

Lennon Aucoin doesn't need a spell book or a lightning-bolt scar to bring some magic to the sick kids in his New Brunswick community.

Christine Chua

This new way to fight cancer is changing everything

This new way to fight cancer is changing everything

SickKids has used genetic sequencing of cancers to entirely rethink how we treat cancers based on their mutations, not their location in the body.

Jill Buchner

The impossible happened: My 16-month-old baby has cancer

The impossible happened: My 16-month-old baby has cancer

How can my sweet little baby boy have cancer? This is how we made it through his treatment.

Kathy Motton

I have metastatic breast cancer and a four-year-old

I have metastatic breast cancer and a four-year-old

Michelle Riccio's son was just two when she was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. But she refuses to waste her time being sad.

Today's Parent

How to tell your kids you have breast cancer

How to tell your kids you have breast cancer

One of the first things you'll think about after your diagnosis is "how am I going to tell my kids?" Here are tips on how to explain breast cancer to kids.

Today's Parent

I have breast cancer—and my daughter's Bat Mitzvah to plan

I have breast cancer—and my daughter's Bat Mitzvah to plan

"How can this be happening? And how can this be happening now?" Jill Winer discovered a lump during a self exam. A month later she found out it was cancer.

Today's Parent

Michael Bublé's wife opens up about their son's cancer

Michael Bublé's wife opens up about their son's cancer

Michael Bublé’s wife Luisana Lopilato opened up about her three-year-old son’s battle with cancer during a press conference in Buenos Aires.

Alyssa Ashton