Dr. Carol Francis

Dr. Carol Francis, Psychologist, explores parents' pain when a child dies on Dr. Carol Francis Talk Radio archived at BlogTalkRadio.com/dr-carol-francis.com .   Losing a child to an accident, illness, natural disaster, suicide or war is devastating.  Parents become riddled with grief and a deep unbelieveable sadness.  When a child dies, huge portions of a loving-parent's will to live dies too.  Deep, serious clinical depression accompanies such bereavement. Guilt and the "if only I had's" plague the daily tortured parental thoughts.  Being responsible for the daily care for young children conditions conscientious parents to remain feeling responsible for a child's life.  When a child dies, those feelings of responsibility continue as nagging self-doubts.   Nightmares and horrific imaginings about a child's painful death or tortures or evils suffered fill in the parent's gap of knowledge as well.   Years and years pass and still the sting of missing your child's anniversary events haunts parents.  "She woul