Coping with Grief

Myths and Misunderstandings About Grief

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for friends and family of the bereaved
  1. All losses are the same.
  2. All bereaved parents grieve the same way.
  3. Grief declines steadily over time.
  4. When grief is resolved, it never comes up again.
  5. Infant death and pregnancy loss shouldn't be too difficult to resolve because you didn't know the child that well.
  6. Children need to be protected from grief and death.
  7. Couples who experience the death of a child have a higher incidence of divorce.
  8. It is not important for you to have social support in your grief.
  9. It takes two months to "get over" your grief.
  10. Children grieve like adults.
  11. Parents only feel crazy if they are going crazy.
  12. The intensity and length of your grief are testimony of your love for the deceased.
  13. Bereaved parents do not have a relationship with the deceased baby after death.

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