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When cancer complicates body image and parenting

Parenting with Cancer

Judy Schwartz HaleyTagged Best of CoffeeJitters, body image, cancer, courage, emotional skills, not just surviving but thriving, parenting, parenting with cancer, raising strong girls, survivors raising children, your kids emotional needs

Body image is a critical issue when raising young girls. When mom’s body image is complicated by cancer, things get interesting.

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Teaching Your Kids to Deal with Disappointment

Cancer & Mental Health

Judy Schwartz HaleyTagged adaptability, emotional skills, life is what happens when you're making other plans, life skills, parenting with cancer

I know that one of my jobs as a parent is to teach her how to deal with disappointment – but not like this; this isn’t what I had in mind. We should be working on learning how to gracefully accept that she gets what she gets for dinner, and not necessarily a doughnut. We […]