{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Parenting doesn't stop when cancer starts (Victoria Mapplebeck)","description":"In this episode of the Breast Cancer Now podcast, documentary filmmaker Victoria Mapplebeck shares her experience of raising her son as a solo parent while documenting the journey over 20 years.\n\nShe talks to Laura about her film Motherboard, which captures the humour and heartbreak of parenting, and how her unexpected breast cancer diagnosis affected her teenage son Jim.\n\nVictoria opens up about navigating breast cancer treatment without a partner, and how she uses creativity as a way to cope with and process those challenges.\n\nMotherboard (https://motherboardfilm.com/) is now streaming on Apple, Amazon, BFI Player, Rakuten and YouTube Movies & TV. You can also get free tickets to a screening at Medicinema at Guys Hospital, London, 1 May at 18:00.\n\nFamily Viewing – Capturing family life with your smartphone. A series of workshops for parents navigating family life with breast cancer – register for free (https://www.fruitflycollective.com/parents-teens-project) .\n\nParenting support (https://www.fruitflycollective.com/) from Fruitfly Collective.\nBreast cancer support (https://breastcancernow.org/) from Breast Cancer Now.\n\nListen to our episode (https://breastcancernow.org/about-us/podcasts/caroline-leek-on-parenting-with-cancer) with Caroline Leek from Fruitfly Collective, about parenting with cancer.\n\n01:26 Getting to know Victoria\n03:00 Motherboard, filmed over 20 years\n10:19 Being a solo parent\n14:19 Victoria is diagnosed with breast cancer\n15:56 Talking to a child about a breast cancer diagnosis\n22:07 The emotional impact of Victoria's breast cancer\n26:12 Mutual support between a child and a parent\n32:06 The pitfalls searching for cancer information online\n37:08 Working with Fruitfly Collective to help parents with cancer\n40:19 How to get started documenting your experience\n48:13 How to watch Motherboard","author_name":"Breast Cancer Now","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4978682-breast-cancer-now","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43544755/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}