Oncology, unfortunately, it is a very common disease. With such a diagnosis may encounter any family.
How to tell a child about cancer, if ill someone from his family, and to answer their questions, read the material.
Psychologists advise to decide before the start of the conversation, which line you want to stick to, to talk only the truth, to reassure, to talk about illness in general terms or affect the need to pass inspections?Find the right time to the child is not distracted by extraneous, and his thoughts are not rushed to the interrupted game.
The space should be familiar, and tone of the conversation - a calm and soothing even to a child does not panic. Children are very observant, they easily feel the mood of a parent in a tense situation.
But this does not mean that you can not show sympathy or emotion of sadness.
Start talking stands with the question of what your child already knows about cancer. Seeing the level of understanding of the problem, you can correct supplement its submission. Dump on a son or daughter too much information about the disease can not pause and wondered whether everything is clear.
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Do not use hints for avoiding the word "cancer", "oncology", "oncological disease."
The hardest part of the conversation about cancer touch on the theme of death. If a child hears or will decide to ask the question, what ends disease, what happens next, parents have to say about such a possibility. Be sure to tell us that cancer is treated using a variety of techniques, and medicine does not stand still.Attention! The child may feel guilty in front of adults, be sure to tell that he was not to blame for the fact that the native people became ill.
It is also recommended that an adult in the conversation right away that cancer is not contagious and there is nothing dangerous in the care of the sick person. If there is reason to believe that ill after treatment change (chemotherapy causes hair loss and weight), prepare for this her child, so he was not shocked by what he saw.
Sincere and honest conversation is a much better alternative to conceal. The child still notice that in your life, something changed, notice how you are whispering to each other... Therefore, it is worth saying straight as soon as possible!
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