Your kid doesn't have to face this alone.
Pickles Group provides free peer-to-peer support and resources for kids and teens impacted by their parent or guardian’s cancer.
66,000+
Support Kits shipped to families and hospitals nationwide
1,788
Kids enrolled in Pickles youth programming since 2021
1 in 20
Kids will experience a parent's cancer diagnosis before graduating high school
Kids supporting kids
Having a parent with cancer can be a lonely, isolating experience. Pickles Group creates thriving communities of kids supporting other kids whose parents have cancer. Pickles kids strengthen resilience, have fun with friends who get them, and build healthy emotional expression skills.
The Support Kit is a booklet that helps parents and caregivers have open, age-appropriate conversations with their kids and teens about cancer and helps reinforce coping skills and connections at home.
Your free kit includes:
What to expect when talking to your kids about cancer by age group
Three guiding tips for talking about cancer with kids and teens
Kid-friendly definitions for common cancer terms
A simple at-home coping activity for your family
Available in English and Spanish · Print or digital · Free, anywhere in the world
What’s In a Support Kit
Free Programs for Your Family
Once you request your kit and feel prepared to talk about cancer with your kids, here's how your family can get involved:
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 • Virtual • Free • For ages 6-18
Pickles Jars
For kids who need ongoing support — from a parent’s diagnosis through loss, and every stage in between. Safe, welcoming small groups where kids connect online 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 • Virtual • Free • For ages 6-18
“Pickles Group has been a breath of fresh air in a time when it has felt as though it's hard to breathe.”
Arturo Fernandez, Pickles Parent
Request a support kit today, it takes less than two minutes, and there's no cost, ever.