Teachers and other consistent figures in the child's life should be aware of and sensitive to the process the family is going through. In this way they can be an active and helpful resource during hospitalization and the recovery. All these issues will have an effect on how each family member experiences and reacts to what is happening to the patient. Parents often ask many questions. It is fundamental to keep in mind the developmental age of the sibling.
Children understand the concept of illnesses according to their cognitive development.
Formal operational over 12 years. Children in the preoperational age may think magical factors might be the cause or the cure of the illness. At the concrete stage children may think that they have more control over an illness. They think that their actions may have a causal or curative effect. Abstract concepts are expected at the formal level.