In a world of complex technology, crisis, and immediacy of needs there is room for outreach in primary prevention through teaching. Nurses should not focus only on the immediate needs of the child with serious chronic disease but must anticipate possible future complications and work toward prevention. The psychosocial trauma that a youngster potentially faces in his peer group can be ameliorated or, in some cases, entirely prevented. It is the purpose of this paper to show how an educational program may assist young people to cope with cancer in their lifetime.