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How childlessness affects your sense of legacy and protection

I never had children and now that I'm 72 and slowing down I have no one to advocate for me or remember me when I'm gone.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Aging without adult children can create anxiety about advocacy, care, and the preservation of one's memory after death.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity in old age and approaching death?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.