Self Help Guide
When a child dies The death of a child goes against the natural order we expect life to follow and brings with it the loss of future hopes, dreams, and potential that won’t now be fulfilled. Some parents talk about feeling complete disbelief, feeling numb, empty, enraged, anxious or exhausted. You may feel guilty, feeling that you were responsible for their safety and that you should have been able to prevent what happened. Some parents also feel guilty because they have survived their child. Everyone is different and grieves the death of a child in their own unique way. There is no right or wrong way to grieve, it is about doing what feels best for you at any given time. It is normal to shed a few tears, sob uncontrollably or do neither. There is no set pattern and no predetermined timescale. Parents may feel that they have changed after the death of their child, so that they become unrecognisable to each other as the people who met and began a family life years before. Both parents will need their own space and time as they grieve for their child.
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