Cancer can affect anyone at any age. It reminds us of the fragility of life and makes us face issues of mortality. Treatment can be difficult to cope with and can affect family members and friends too.
When cancer is diagnosed, adults often assume that children remain unaware of what is going on. They continue to play, they request meals, treats and adult time, and are seemingly unaffected on the surface. However, as early years professionals know, children absorb information from all around them. They are acutely observant, keen to know, and not easily distracted if they feel something is being kept secret from them.
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