Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support, Inc.
National Share Office
St. Joseph Health Center
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301
(800) 821-6819
www.nationalshareoffice.com
Focuses on the needs of parents who have lost a baby due to a miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death.
Reading Resources:
Many of these resources are available through your local bookstore or library.
Centering Corporation. For Better...Or Worse.
A handbook for couples whose child has died.
Doerr, Maribeth. For Better Or Worse For Couples Whose Child Has Died.
For marriage after a child dies. Looks at the difference between men and women, building your relationship after your child dies and how to help each other heal.
Centering Corporation. Dear Parents Letters To Bereaved Parents.
Bereaved parents, siblings and well-known others have written about what they would tell a parent who had just experienced the death of a child.
Compassionate Friends. Caring For Surviving Children.
(Leaflet)
Guidelines gathered from bereaved parents, surviving children and the writings of professional caregivers.
www.compassionatefriends.org
Compassionate Friends. Understanding Grief...When A Child Dies.
(Leaflet)
www.compassionatefriends.org
Compassionate Friends. Understanding Grief...When A Grandchild Dies.
(Leaflet)
www.compassionatefriends.org
Gerner, Margaret. For Bereaved Grandparents.
Author shares not only dealing with your own grief, but becoming a listener and a support‑person for your grieving child.
Johnson, Joy and Marvin. Children Die, Too.
Talks about the feelings following the death of a child, dealing with guilt, the why questions and facing sadness.
Loma Linda University Medical Center. Shattered Dreams.
Brief but helpful content for newly bereaved parents.
National Kidney Foundation (Therese Rando). Your Child, Your Friend.
When an adult child dies.
www.kidney.org
Schatz, William. Healing A Father's Grief.
Short booklet on the specific problems a father faces in dealing with the death of a child.
Schiff, Harriet Sarnoff. The Bereaved Parent.
Practical step‑by‑step suggestions to help parents cope with the many cycles of their grief. Written by a bereaved parent.
Tengbom, Mildred. Help For Bereaved Parents.
Supportive booklet for husbands and wives going through the trauma of the death of their child. |