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Why strength expectations burden grieving parents

Someone said 'you have to be strong for your kids' when my husband died and I wanted to ask who the hell is going to be strong for me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The demand for performative resilience can isolate grievers from their own need for care and collapse.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with What not to say to a grieving person?”

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