Tell each of your children about your diagnosis in an age appropriate manner.

Make each child a member of your team. Give them reasonable chores to do.

Consider each child's emotional needs. For tips about helping them cope, click here.

Look for ways to stay in your children's lives.

Keep your medicines away from your children. Follow the rules when giving children their own medicines.

With respect to health insurance, for policies issued on or after September 23, 2010, children cannot be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition and can likely stay on your coverage until age 26.

If you are considering having children:

• If you have cancer: Talk with your doctor about freezing your eggs or banking sperm.
• If you have HIV/AIDS: It is possible to conceive a child without infecting your partner. It is also possible for an HIV positive woman to give birth without infecting the child.

Make arrangements in case you can't take care of your children for a period of time or in the event of your death. While it may not be as obvious, also make provision for what should be done if a child has a medical emergency while someone else is temporarily in charge. Last, but not least, consider putting together an Ethical Will for your children. The idea behind an Ethical Will is to pass on what is important to you both in terms of life and family history etc that you want to pass on to your children. For more information, click here.

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