Hope, support, and answers for families facing childhood cancer
A blood drive can be a concrete, meaningful way to support kids in cancer treatment — but the best ones are planned so they help without adding one more item to a stretched family’s to-do list. Here’s a practical, low-stress guide for schools, churches, neighbors, and community groups.
Oral chemo at home comes with real responsibilities, but you do not have to improvise your way through them. This practical guide walks through safe storage, dosing routines, spill cleanup, and simple ways to protect siblings and pets without turning your house into a hazmat site.
A child's cancer diagnosis can quickly turn parents into paperwork project managers. Here is a plain-English, US-focused walk through SSI for kids with cancer, from the first Social Security call to appeals and avoiding predatory services.
Open enrollment is already underway for many US families, and when your child is in cancer treatment, plan shopping is not just a budget exercise. It is a care-continuity exercise. Here is a practical, low-drama system for comparing plans, asking better questions, and keeping oncology paperwork in one place.
Treatment can interrupt school, but it does not have to erase it. Here is a practical, parent-tested guide to requesting evaluations, writing accommodations that hold up, and keeping classmates connected without turning your child into a guest in their own school life.
The first year of childhood cancer often arrives with a wave of fundraisers, meal trains, and neighborly urgency. Year two can be quieter—and financially harder. Here's a plain-English look at the costs that linger, plus concrete ways families and community groups can plan for the long haul in 2026.
The first oncology appointment is a blur for most families. We asked parents and survivors what they wish they'd asked on day one — and turned their answers into a printable checklist you can bring with you.
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, brothers and sisters often become the quiet ones in the background — worried, confused, and unsure if it's okay to say so. Here's how parents and caregivers can spot what siblings are really feeling and help them feel seen again.
When your child's cancer treatment means days or weeks in a hospital room, packing well can make a hard situation a little more manageable. We asked parents who've lived it what they wish they'd packed — and what they'd leave behind.
Ringing the bell is a milestone families dream about — but what comes next can feel surprisingly disorienting. We talk to survivorship clinicians and parents about follow-up care, late effects, sibling healing, and the unexpected growth that can follow treatment.