In this book, two Harvard Medical School psychiatrists help parents prepare for the special challenges that come with illness, including communication, maintaining a routine, organizing a family support system, discussing death, and much more. "A must for any parent dealing with a serious illness."--Soledad O'Brien, CNN's "American Morning."

For families with a seriously ill parent--advice on helping your children cope from two leading Harvard psychiatrists

Based on a Massachusetts General Hospital program, Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick covers how you can address children's concerns when a parent is seriously ill, how to determine how children with different temperaments are really feeling and how to draw them out, ways to ensure the child's financial and emotional security and reassure the child that he or she will be taken care of.