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How to Cope with a Child’s Cancer Diagnosis | Dr. Cheryl Book
How to Cope with a Child’s Cancer Diagnosis | Dr. Cheryl Book
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Mar 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Welcome back to another episode of The Jews Next Dor! Our guest today is Dr. Cheryl Book, the Director of Clinical and Family Services for Chai Lifeline for the Greater New York region.
We are talking about the very sensitive topic of childhood cancer and the best ways for children, parents, and siblings to cope with it. Dr. Book is an expert in this field whose main goal is to empower families to deal with that specific situation and to provide helpful and comforting advice. Tune in to hear more!
[00:00] How did Dr. Brook get involved with Chai Lifeline?
[03:05] The role of the Director of Clinical Services
[04:30] The most common question from parents
[08:02] How to prepare a child for something so horrible as cancer?
[11:56] How to explain it to siblings?
[15:54] Balancing the needs of a diagnosed child with the rest of the family
[20:48] The coping mechanisms
[22:30] Answering questions you don’t know the answer to
[23:48] Special treatment of a diagnosed child
[30:10] How do parents strengthen themselves to deal with a needy child
[33:21] How is a child affected when a parent is diagnosed?
[35:40] The relationship between husband and wife
[37:40] The final message
This episode has been sponsored by jKaraoke, a great way to have good kosher family fun singing all of your favorite Jewish songs with karaoke.
You can subscribe monthly from just $4.99 or yearly from $49.99, and in honour of their US launch, jKaraoke are now offering their best deal yet! Grab a yearly subscription plus a Karaoke Kit for just $99.99 plus use coupon JewsNextDor for an additional 10% off!!
Check out jKaraoke.com today and let the fun begin!
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We are talking about the very sensitive topic of childhood cancer and the best ways for children, parents, and siblings to cope with it. Dr. Book is an expert in this field whose main goal is to empower families to deal with that specific situation and to provide helpful and comforting advice. Tune in to hear more!
[00:00] How did Dr. Brook get involved with Chai Lifeline?
[03:05] The role of the Director of Clinical Services
[04:30] The most common question from parents
[08:02] How to prepare a child for something so horrible as cancer?
[11:56] How to explain it to siblings?
[15:54] Balancing the needs of a diagnosed child with the rest of the family
[20:48] The coping mechanisms
[22:30] Answering questions you don’t know the answer to
[23:48] Special treatment of a diagnosed child
[30:10] How do parents strengthen themselves to deal with a needy child
[33:21] How is a child affected when a parent is diagnosed?
[35:40] The relationship between husband and wife
[37:40] The final message
This episode has been sponsored by jKaraoke, a great way to have good kosher family fun singing all of your favorite Jewish songs with karaoke.
You can subscribe monthly from just $4.99 or yearly from $49.99, and in honour of their US launch, jKaraoke are now offering their best deal yet! Grab a yearly subscription plus a Karaoke Kit for just $99.99 plus use coupon JewsNextDor for an additional 10% off!!
Check out jKaraoke.com today and let the fun begin!
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yair-menchel/message
Released:
Mar 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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