YOU HAVE CANCER.
You have kids.
No one prepared either of you for this. We’re here to help.
Pickles Group provides free peer-to-peer support and resources for kids and teens impacted by their parent or guardian’s cancer. Through programs and family resources, we help kids build coping skills, learn about cancer in an age-appropriate way, and find friends who truly get it.
1 in 20
Kids will experience a parent's cancer diagnosis before graduating high school.
Evidence Based
Research shows kids are more likely to thrive through a parent’s cancer when they have age-appropriate information, healthy coping skills, and peer connection.
94% of Parents
said they would recommend our virtual program to another family navigating a parent or guardian's cancer.
Family Cancer Support Kit
A place to start, right at home.
The Family Cancer Support Kit is a booklet that helps parents and caregivers talk openly with their kids about cancer by providing:
Age-appropriate language
Guiding tips
A kid-friendly glossary for common cancer terms
An interactive activity to do together.
Available free, in English and Spanish, as a digital or hard copy.
Virtual Youth Programs
Designed by a leading child therapist and expert in supporting families through illness and grief. Our approach is grounded in behavioral science showing kids thrive through a parent’s cancer when they have age-appropriate information, healthy coping skills, and peer connection.
Connect Over Cancer
Kids and teens build relationships with peers who get them in a safe, supportive, fun environment online. They also build healthy coping skills and learn about cancer in a developmentally appropriate way, which is proven to decrease anxiety and worry for kids whose parents have cancer.
5-week session offered 4 times a year • Free • For ages 6-18
Pickles Jars
For kids who want ongoing support — from a parent’s diagnosis through loss, and every stage in between. Safe, welcoming groups where kids connect with the same peers every month. Available in two tracks: kids with a parent facing ongoing or advanced-stage cancer, and kids who have lost a parent to cancer.
Meets monthly over the school year • Free • For ages 6-18
“Pickles Group has helped provide my child with emotional support and community by connecting her with other children who are navigating their parent’s cancer. It has helped my daughter openly ask questions and build coping skills.”
–Beth Alvarez, Pickles Parent
Pickles Partners with Cancer Care Teams Nationwide
When a parent is diagnosed, their kids often go unseen in the care plan. Pickles Group gives care teams a simple way to close that gap — connecting families to free, evidence-informed peer support built specifically for the kids in the room who don't always get asked how they're doing.
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