The death of a child is universally recognized across cultures as the most devastating loss a human being can experience — a violation of the expected order of death, a grief without natural precedent or comfort. The research on bereaved parents documents the extremity of the experience and the length of the mourning. This domain enters this territory with the utmost care, drawing on everything the traditions and the research offer, without pretending that anything makes it acceptable.
Each step builds on the last.