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[quote=Anonymous]I was 10 when my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1980.  My parents did tell me and my mom had a mastectomy so they had to tell me something.  I believe they were rather matter-of-fact and I continued on with life very smoothly for the next 10 years.  I consider it a HUGE blessing that my parents did not burden me with how worried they were.  I was allowed to be a child (I even got to be a self-centered teenager even though my mom's cancer recurred).  It really never occurred to me that my mom would die of cancer until a few weeks before she did when I was a freshman in college.  Her treatments were an inconveinance but part of our life.  That was basically her attitude about it.

I think you've gotten some good adivice.  I will add, that if you share that you have cancer with friends and family, your kid may hear it elsewhere, which would be awful!!.  I also remember a boy on my swimteam telling me how sorry he was when my mom had surgery and then asking me if my mom might die.  That was a shocker.  I assured him she was just fine.   However, I think your child will be best prepared for that sort of encounter with more information--not less.[/quote]

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