Dual Role Parenthood

In a combination of addressing some of the same core experiences as maternal death and living grief sections, this small section of stillbirthday is dedicated to bringing some resources together, that you may find helpful if you:

are facing a dysfunctional, unnatural or difficult kind of family structure:

  • you experience grief because the relationship is severed, difficult or dysfunctional
  • are a step parent or divorced, and grieving the loss of your spouse and (at times) the loss of your child(ren)
  • are a military family or in another high stress, unpredictable career or journey

are a widow and/or a bereaved parent:

  • have lost children and a spouse to death or other separation

 

The dual role of parenthood means that it is a parent who works within both the mother and father role.  This has commonly been known as single parenthood, but single parents perform double the role.  This can be true in both rearing and mourning our children.

 

Bereavement Resources

 

Military Resources

More Resources

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BIRTH & BEREAVEMENT QUOTES
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Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

— Paulo Coelho

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

— John Calvin
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