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Children's construction of a deceased parent: The surviving parent's contribution.
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1998
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Family MedicineFamily InvolvementEmpathyEducationDeath EducationThanatologyDeceased ParentEnd-of-life CareMourningFamily RelationshipsChild PsychologyChild Well-beingChildhood BereavementParental AttitudesChild DevelopmentPediatricsParentingFamily PsychologyClinical PracticeMedicineTrauma In Child
Constructing a connection to the deceased is helpful to children in adjusting to the death of a parent. Using interview data from a subset of a larger study of childhood bereavement, this paper describes ways in which parents help children, ages 10-12, build this connection, provides case examples contrasting parental attitudes and behavior that are helpful and those that are not helpful to the child, and offers implications for clinical practice.