Misconceptions about Grief

There are several common myths about grief:

• All losses of loved ones are the same.
• All parents grieve in the same way.
• Grief steadily declines over time.
• Infant death should not be difficult because you did not know the baby well.
• Children need to be protected from grief and death.
• Couples who experience the death of a child have a higher incidence of divorce.
• It is not important to have social support in your grief.
• It takes two months to get over grief.
• Children grieve like adults.
• Parents only feel crazy if they are going crazy.
• The intensity and length of your grief are testimony to your love for the deceased.
• Bereaved parents do not have a relationship with the deceased baby after the death.