2. How Children Grieve "moody," "cranky," or "withdrawn“ are all words used to describe how a child grieves the death of a loved one. Creating an atmosphere in which the child's thoughts, fears and wishes are recognized is important They should be surrounded by feelings of warmth, acceptance and understanding HealthyPlace.com
3. How Adults Grieve Tears and anger are an important part of the healing process. Grief is not a sign of weakness "tell me how you are feeling“ is a way for them to open up and start the healing process HealthyPlace.com
4. Why Some Marriages Fail After the Death of a Loved One Many bereaved parents struggle for a lifetime with personal and marital issues related to a child dying. Even decades after the death, it brings up strong feelings. They rarely or never had the opportunity to tell the full story. As individuals you must deal with the awesome, confusing, painful, and overwhelming thoughts that come with a child’s death http://www.temple.edu/tempress/chapters_1400/1549_ch1.pdf
5. Why Some Marriages Fail After the Death of a Loved One In a sense, you have become something of a stranger to yourself and each other. In the process, your marriage cannot be what it was before. You become new people, with no sense of whether you can or should return to being Your old selves. It is easy for you and your spouse to see many negatives in each other and in your marriage. You may have to deal with whether and how to change your marital relationship or even with the possible loss of your marriage. http://www.temple.edu/tempress/chapters_1400/1549_ch1.pdf
6. Personal Experiences The book; Badgers parting gifts. My mom gave it to me when my grandma died. It’s about Badger who has died and all the animals are upset but after a while the animals start to talk about the memories they had with Badger and how he was such a great friend. It helped me deal with the death of my grandma.
