Many women balance a diagnosis of cancer with parenting responsibilities. While their parenting role can often be hard to manage along with the demands and stress of treatment, for many survivors their children also remain their greatest joy and their most powerful inspiration during this journey.

For other women, their experience with the impact of a cancer diagnosis will come as the parent of a child with cancer. For these families, the adjustments that come with treatment and survivorship affect the entire family, as parents and the child adjust to the new normal of a life with cancer.

For women facing cancer in both of these situations, we offer “When You’re the Parent,” a frequently occurring department in the magazine devoted to issues surrounding parenting concerns for women who are themselves diagnosed and also pediatric cancers and support for families of children and adolescents with cancer.

In past issues of Women&Cancer, articles in this section have included essays from women who speak to balancing motherhood and survivorship, profiles of childhood cancer advocacy organizations, an article describing kids cancer camps and retreats, and a listing of resources. Women experience cancer in many different ways, and when they view the experience as a mother and a survivor or as the parent of a child with the disease, we hope that they will benefit from the resources and inspiring articles we can provide.