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Welcome! to the Never-Ending Squirrel Tale Web Site--the place to come for practical tips and encouragement for the parents of kids with cancer. It's written by other Moms and Dads in your shoes—the ones that have already started the journey.

Poke around and see what we have to offer. If you're new to this site, keep checking back—Squirrel Tales was off line for a while, but it's on its way back. There will be plenty here for you to read, enjoy, and share.

You'll surely want to make your first stop, You Know You're a Parent of a Kid with Cancer When .... It has been our biggest draw and will give you a moment to smile while you're in the thick of it. It spawned a couple sequels—You Know You're the Babysitter of a Kid with Cancer and most recently (and it's fast moving!), You Know You're a Teenager With Cancer. I hear all the time from moms and dads (and now the teenagers) that so many of the entries hit the nail on the head.

Please help me share your story and let me know what pot holes I can fill or what roads we missed in mapping out the way.

Researchers from Palo Alto University and Stanford University School of Medicine are conducting a study to learn about the benefits of cancer support resources on the mental health and quality of life of children with cancer.

They are requesting participation from children diagnosed with cancer (ages 6-17) and their parents. The goal is to learn about what resources are available to families and to find out which resources children and their parents find most useful. We hope to develop recommendations to improve the 
quality of care provided to children with cancer and their families.

The investigators in this study are Wendy Packman, JD, PhD, Stacy Weber, MS, CRC, Nusha Nouhi, BA, Nicolle Bugescu, BA, and Dylan Schwartz, MS. In this work, the researchers are collaborating with Michael Amylon, MD, from Stanford University School of Medicine. The study has Institutional Review Board approval.

Could we ask that you make the attached flier available to your clients? On the flier are instructions on how to participate if they are interested. We thank you so much for your time. If you or your clients have questions regarding this study, please feel free to contact me at

CancerSupportResearch@gmail.com or call (650)319-8994.

Sincerely,

Dylan Schwartz, MA (415) 378-6342
Palo Alto University