A Mom of Many Hats
The creative approach of A Mom of Many Hats fills a need in the field of Oncology for our patients and their families. It is refreshing to find a children s book that helps parents and children talk about their feelings and find tangible opportunities to support one another. This book is exceptionally well crafted, insightful and motivational. I highly recommend it for families who want help with the challenge of communicating about the realities of cancer therapy/cancer diagnosis with their children. --Hetty Caraway, M.D., MBA Assistant Professor, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins HospitalA Mom of Many Hats helps move a family s focus from the clinical needs of a parent with cancer to the emotional needs of the parent s school-aged children. This sensitively written and illustrated book provides tools for parents to help older children cope: it works through the stages of loss that a child may experience and enables family members to talk openly about the parent s cancer. A Mom of Many Hats should be a great aid to families with school-aged children to help them cope with the cancer journey. Primary school children will likely need gentle guidance with the text and interpretation of the concepts. --Gerald M. Loughlin, M.D., Nancy C. Paduano Professor and Chairman, Weill Cornell Medical College; Pediatrician in-Chief, Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children s Health, New York Presbyterian HospitalThis book provides a positive and sensitive tool for oncology nurse navigators to give our patients; a book that can be shared with their children at a time when words are hard to find and even more difficult to say. A Mom of Many Hats is the one children s book that addresses the elephant in the room and opens the dialogue needed to close the gap when cancer interrupts one's life. We look forward to distributing this heartwarming book nationwide. --Sharon Francz, President and Co-Founder, National Coalition For Oncology Nurse Navigators (NCONN)