parental death
Mother or father dying
Parental death is the death of one's parent or parents.
The term appears in psychology and social science to discuss its effects on children and adults: Parental death in childhood increases risk of depression.
It can also refer to the death of parents generally: The estate planning seminar covered parental death and inheritance.
- orphanChild whose parents died
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- grief counselingProfessional support through mourning
- support groupGathering for mutual encouragement
- lossBeing without something
mourning · funeral · memorial service · final goodbye · bereaved · inheritance · trauma · abandonment · estate · widow · widower · graveside · eulogy · casket · heartbreak · survivor · guardian · sorrow
- family lossorphan, motherless, fatherless, parentless, abandonment
- childhood traumaabuse, neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, ACEs