Cancer is not easy for anyone to understand and yet children and teens have an additional difficulty due to the way they think. People do not learn abstract thinking until 12-15 years old or later. What does this really mean? It means that without abstract thinking younger people think everything is black or white, good or bad. We see a bright, articulate young person and believe they think like an adult when really they see situations as two sided instead of multi-faceted.

Actor and Producer, Kirk Cameron, joins Cancer Companions to say a prayer for children with cancer.

Greg Holder, the pastor at The Crossing in Chesterfield, MO, leads us through a prayer for oncology workers.

Join Val Mace, from Heritage Singers and 4CancerWellness, as she prays for oncologists.

The average caregiver has been providing care for 4 years on average, spending 24.4 hours a week. She is typically employed and working full time (an average of 34.7 hours per week).