Claire is a 33-year-old mother of five with bowel cancer. Without a cure and the cancer spreading to other organs, she's now been given a life expectancy date. This is how she's preparing her family for her death.
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eParenting and Parenting in the 21st Century
eParenting used to mean keeping your kids safe on the Internet, however now it has a wider scope including parenting with the use of technology, and distance parenting. Curated by Peter Mellow |
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Claire is a 33-year-old mother of five with bowel cancer. Without a cure and the cancer spreading to other organs, she's now been given a life expectancy date. This is how she's preparing her family for her death.
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There are many story angles surrounding childhood cancer, but rarely mentioned is the burden of illness on everyday life
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The pandemic lifestyle we are all adjusting to is the life families of children with cancer have already been living. But there have been positives, too.
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Telling my 10-year-old that I had breast cancer was never something I wanted to do. But I knew I had to tell her the truth.
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When terminally ill teenager Rhys Habermann delivered his final message to the world on a hot January night four years ago, his aim was to protect his parents from the risk of prosecution. They are now fighting to spare others the same anguish.
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How my family found an unlikely bridge across the divide created by cancer.
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What happens when the parents of a young daughter have consecutive bouts of cancer? They close ranks — and reach out.
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Adolescents and young adults are a special population of cancer patients.
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Author Wayne Marshall was 32 when he was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer.
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Nearly 1,800 children die of the disease. Twenty percent of mothers and 35 percent of fathers reported PTSD symptoms five years later.
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Until he was diagnosed with cancer, “Allied” lived a double life.
This story needs to be watched by parents to make them aware that gamer's online friends can be as supportive as face to face friends and family. I don't think they are mutually exclusive, but it is 'real'. Don't ever say "that's not the real world". It's just another world, that can be as real as the physical world we live in. Just have to find the balance between both.
This story needs to be watched by parents to make them aware that gamer's online friends can be as supportive as face to face friends and family. I don't think they are mutually exclusive, but it is 'real'. Don't ever say "that's not the real world". It's just another world, that can be as real as the physical world we live in. Just have to find the balance between both.
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Isabella de la Houssaye raised her five children on adventure. Then came a brutal diagnosis, and a burning desire for a final journey with each one.
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We should fund cancer nurses for every tumour type until every patient is as ably served as those with breast cancer
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Andrew gave his mother, Regina Hensley, a reason to live. We follow the pair as she fights a history of addiction and he fights an aggressive form of cancer.
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Paying attention to the concerns of patients and their families from the time of diagnosis throughout treatment.
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Grahamtastic Connection -- founded by a mother whose son died of leukemia -- provides computers and robots to connect children battling illness with school and friends.
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When a father learns his young son won’t live much longer, he decides to document the journey in animated form.
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A heartbroken father wants the world to see this photo he took of his four-year-old daughter as she battles cancer after being given just weeks to live. - New Zealand Herald
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If you’re an Australian teenager or young adult diagnosed with cancer, there’s good news: overall survival rates are good and getting better. But what can you expect from life after cancer treatment?
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The best way to prevent head and neck cancers, which are more common in men, is to get the HPV vaccine. It's free for boys and girls aged 12 and 13.
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For some, the idea of avoiding aging is a more powerful behavioral motivator than the risk of melanoma.
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Childhood deaths from cancer have decreased by nearly 40% in the past 15 years in Australia. But some types of childhood cancer have shown little improvement.
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Young people whose parents have cancer report levels of psychological distress that are three to six times higher than others their age.
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Andrew Levy’s parents knew that the rare and deadly cancer in his blood could not be beaten, so they began to prepare for the worst. Then something mysterious happened.
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It looks beautiful in winter and never needs mowing, but some people are worried that artificial turf is putting young athletes at risk for cancer. - New Zealand Herald