Background: In 2020, 280.000 children worldwide were affected by cancer. Survival for childhood cancer is approximately 80%. Pediatric cancer care is different between low/middle and high-income countries, which depends on several different factors. Since the parents arestanding closest to the children, they need to be close at hand during the whole period of illness. This affects the parents emotionally. It´s the nurse’s responsibility to ensure that the children are having the best possible care. At the same time parents need to be involved through a partnership. Aim: The purpose of the study was to illustrate parent´s experiences of living with a child with cancer. Method: Qualitative literature study based on ten scientific articles. The study resulted in three themes and eight sub-themes. Results: The parent´s experienced mixed feelings such as anxiety, distress and powerlessness. There was an anxiety and distress if the child would survive the disease but also if the cancer would return after the end of treatment.The parents needed to find new strategies to be able to manage the new daily life. It wasn´t justthe child´s illness who was perceived as stressful. Economic crisis and the relationship between the parents were also factors who was stressful. Conclusion: To be able to design good and safe health care for a child diagnosed with cancer there has to be knowledge and understanding from the parent’s point of view. For this to be possible, more research has to be done about this topic.