Title: Loss of a Mother or Father - Dealing With the Loss of a Parent
Headings: Loss of a Parent
Loss of a Parent
Adult Grief Over Loss of a Parent
Children’s Grief Over Loss of a Parent
Behavioral Grief Symptoms in Children Include:

Content: They typically provide us with information about the world and moral support. They also shape our perceptions about ourselves. The circumstances of a parent’s death affect the intensity of a person’s grief. These factors include the current and past relationship with the parent, and the individual’s age at the time of the parent’s death. The timing of the death also affects survivors’ reactions. Was the death sudden? Was there long-term suffering involved? Adult Grief Over Loss of a Parent
When a parent dies, whether through old age, unexpectedly, or from disease, children are left with a range of emotions ranging from emptiness and loneliness to guilt and anger. The most common emotions and normal reactions include: Confusion
Anxiety
Remorse
Fear
Frustration
Yearning
Depression
After learning of a parent’s passing, an individual will begin showing symptoms of the five stages of grief.