How your Children may React

Children can react to cancer in many different ways. For example, they may:

• be confused, scared, or lonely
• feel guilty and think that something they did or said caused your cancer
• feel angry when they are asked to be quiet or do more chores around the house
• miss the amount of attention they are used to getting
• regress and behave as they did when they were much younger
• get into trouble at school or at home
• be clingy and afraid to leave the house

"Now that my Mom has cancer, everything has changed. I want to be with her, but I want to hang out with my friends, too. She needs me to help with my little brother, but what I really want to do is play football like I used to."