After a parental death, children experience not just the loss of their parent but numerous secondary losses affecting their lives. These include financial instability, loss of home, school, friends, and routines. Such complications can hinder the grieving process, often overlooked by those nearby. Research by Stroebe and Schut emphasizes the need to recognize these secondary losses as integral to understanding a child's bereavement and coping challenges, suggesting that increased support can help mitigate the impact of such losses.
There has been a lack of recognition of the range of stressors, the multiplicity of losses, integral to the bereavement experience.
When a parent dies, children face primary grief and secondary losses, complicating their ability to cope and prolonging their suffering.
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