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When adult children expect you to handle their grief for them

My adult daughter expects me to manage all the details of her grandfather's death because she's too upset, but I'm grieving my father too and feeling overwhelmed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Family roles can calcify during crisis, leaving some members carrying burdens that exceed their emotional capacity.

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