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Jane Murphy

Sep 11, 2026

LauraHOST
4:48
How do I tell my children?
4:51
Again, very difficult conversations.
4:55
It depends on the age of the children, but we do know that children actually cope better if we're honest with them.
4:59
So giving them information about a diagnosis and what treatment somebody's going to be having in a level that's understandable for them.
5:08
We do have, again, on our website, information about talking to children and Again, it's often children have sort of magical thinking, so they'll often feel that they're responsible.
5:17
It's because they were naughty that mummy's got this diagnosis or they, you know, the first questions they'll ask is, are you going to die? And it can be really hard to have those sort of conversations.
5:29
But yes.

29 MINS LATER

LauraHOST
34:45
Oh, yeah, so that's separate from the Breast Cancer Now helpline.

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