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When people stop talking about your dead child

People have stopped mentioning my daughter's name and I feel like she is dying a second time as everyone moves on with their lives.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The social forgetting of the dead compounds loss with erasure, making parents the sole guardians of their child's continued existence.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The death of a child — the unnatural loss?”

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