When a child or teenager is diagnosed with cancer, both the child and the family experience a blow that very significantly alters their life. They will have to live with a series of changes that will transform their daily dynamic: the unfamiliar healthcare setting, the complex language of the different health professionals, and, above all, the distancing from the familiar environment that, until now, has been their everyday life.
Faced with this new and stressful situation, aside from having the resources to deal with it, parents must very often confront doubts, express complex emotions, share fears and/or anxieties, in relation to everything that is happening: how to treat their sick child; how to manage the information with the rest of the children and family; how to live this difficult experience with one’s partner and as parents; what role should school play, etc.