HealthDay (8/21, Preidt) reports on a study finding that “children whose parents have cancer are more likely to struggle in school and to have lower incomes as adults.” The study included “more than 1 million people born in Denmark from 1978 through 1999,” and of these, “about one in 20 had a parent diagnosed with cancer” while they were under 18. The children so affected were found to have “lower grade averages in school than their classmates,” and “grade averages were lowest among children who had a parent die of cancer or who had low odds of surviving five years.” The study also found that “by age 30, adults with a childhood experience with parental cancer were more likely to earn less than others” and children under five at the time the parent was diagnosed “appeared to be at greatest risk of problems.” The study was published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Related Links:
— “When a Parent Has Cancer, Kids Suffer Long Term: Study, “Robert Preidt, HealthDay, August 21, 2018.