Understanding the Support needs of Bereaved Dads
Written by Til Heike-Woods for Still Aware. For those looking in, the role a bereaved father takes in grieving for their baby may seem to them an afterthought; a supporting role, so to speak. We see the bereaved mother’s emotion, we see pictures of the beautiful babies gone to soon: but for those of us that have experienced the death of baby, or have witness those close to us be affected, we know the picture in its wider and truer form. Physically a mother has been through a singular experience, but emotionally both the mother and father have experienced a common grief; they have both lost a child. The father’s life has been just as devastated by the experience and his reality just as broken. His need for understanding and support at this time is just as real. The impact and quality of the bereavement support the father receives can … Continued