Updated: 4 May 2012

Below are links to external websites which have been compiled and evaluated by BC Cancer Agency librarians according to our established Inclusion/Removal Policy. For information about children and the family from the BC Cancer Agency website see Coping with Cancer: Cancer and the Family.

For information in other languages see Websites in Other Languages.

For Parents/Other Adults

Good places to start 

• Helping Children When a Family Member Has Cancer (American Cancer Society)
• Relationships and Cancer (Cancer.Net)

Support websites

• Bandaides & Blackboards
• Helping Your Child Deal With Death (KidsHealth)
• Kids Konnected 
• SuperSibs - Support for siblings of children with cancer

Books and pamphlets

• Reaching Out to Your Children : When Cancer Comes to Your Family : A Guide For Parents  (BC Cancer Agency)
• What About My Kids?: A Guide for Parents Living with Breast Cancer (Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation)

For Children/Teens

Good places to start

• Cancer in my Family (BC) - Ages 6-10

Support websites

• Bandaides & Blackboards - Ages 9-Adult
• RipRap (UK) - Ages 11-15

Books and pamphlets

• Time For Me : An Activity Book For Kids When Someone in the Family Has Cancer  (BC Cancer Agency)
• When Your Brother or Sister has Cancer: A Guide for Teens (US National Cancer Institute) - Ages 13-18
• When Your Parent has Cancer: A Guide for Teens (US National Cancer Institute) - Ages 13-18

NOTE: While the BC Cancer Agency Library has selected and evaluated these "Recommended Links", we cannot guarantee the function, accuracy or currency of the websites and the information contained within them. Please read the BC Cancer Agency's Terms of Use for further information.