bereaved parent
Child-loss survivor
A bereaved parent is one whose child has died.
The term recognizes this loss as a distinct category of grief, often considered among the most devastating: Support groups for bereaved parents helped her through the first year.
The phrase appears frequently in discussions of grief counseling, hospital protocols, and bereavement leave policies.
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- childlessLacking any offspring
- funeralService honoring the dead
empty arms · empty nursery · heartbroken · memorial · anguish · sorrow · devastated · cemetery · remembrance · stillbirth · SIDS · angel baby · gone too soon · tragedy · support group · anniversary · photograph · keepsake
- mournersmourner, griever, mourners, grievers, widow
- Pregnancy Lossmiscarriage, stillbirth, stillborn, pregnancy loss, fetal demise