Videos

"Talking About Your Cancer: A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Cope"

Fox Chase Center
(215) 728-2668

An 18-minute video to help parents with a new diagnosis of cancer explain illness to children.
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"We Can Cope: When a Parent Has Cancer"

Inflexxion
(800) 848-3895
This series describes the stories of seven families and the approaches they used in coping with a parent's cancer. The series includes a 40-minute tape for parents, a 30-minute tape for teens and a 20-minute tape for school age children. The series also available on one DVD.
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"When Cancer Hits Home"

PBS Video
This video includes an interview with a 34-year-old breast cancer patient, her husband, and four-year old son, who discuss how the disease has affected family life and how they have learned to cope.
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"Hear How I Feel"

Northeasten Ontario Regional Cancer Centre
A 40-minute video, produced in Canada, in which a group of 16-18-year-olds talk openly about experiences and feelings regarding their parents' cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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"My Mom Has Breast Cancer"

Kidscope
This video features interviews with seven children and four mothers who have experienced breast cancer treatment firsthand.
www.kidscope.org/video.htm (free)
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"Kids Tell Kids"

Cancervive Pharmacie Corp.
(908) 901-8845
This video aims to enhance communication among children when a family member is diagnosed with cancer. It features numerous children sharing their feelings about having a family member with cancer. It is designed to be watched with both children and parents.
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