Books for kids about chronic cancer and supportive resources.

Talking about cancer with your kids is hard. Bright Reads books are one way to start this difficult conversation.

A Feelings Wheel is a way to help children name their feelings. These wheels are tools for parents and caregivers to assist a child in labeling and naming emotions.

Parenting doesn’t stop when we get diagnosed with cancer. We’ve been working with wonderful mental health professionals and a dedicated creative team to create a video series that can help answer some of the tough questions about parenting with cancer.

We designed these coloring pages with kids of cancer patients in mind but they are appropriate for all kids. These are meant to help kids talk about their emotions, open up spaces to ask questions about a parent's changing body due to treatment, or just tell a child that you love them….always.

This book is for YOU and your family. We designed it to be customizable so that you can help your child have a better understanding of your cancer treatment.

A cancer diagnosis often prompts people to take stock of their lives and what they may leave behind. One practical way to work through some of the emotions that emerge is through legacy projects: that heartwork that helps you and your loved ones remember special moments and make wishes for the future. 

Based on a Parenting with Cancer webinar with Meredith Polsky and Arlen Gaines.

Webinars on important topics on how to parent with cancer.

First-person tips from our co-founder Haley Pollack to help make weaning during cancer a little easier.

Helpful books, websites, and other resources to have tough conversations about grief and loss with your children.

From grants to help cover bills, to free transportation for medical care, here’s a list of organizations trying to help.

People want to help you. Here are ways to let them. Parenting little ones was tough enough on its own. Then one day, BOOM. Cancer joined that mix, uninvited. (PDF Guide→)

So you have cancer. And young kids. Well…shoot. We understand the devastating nature of that combination. But we’re here to tell you—and we have science on our side—that your kiddos will be alright. (PDF Guide→)

When a parent is diagnosed with cancer one of the first things that they may think about is: “how will I tell my kids.” The prospect of talking to your child about your diagnosis can be agonizing to think about and scary to do.