The lady, unaware of what had happened last night — but were soon to find out — continued to watch TV. Her son didn’t sleep home at that night and when she noticed his absence it was too late. She sees in the news the body of her dead child and doesn’t know how to react to the terrifying news (Marmol). 

Since the beginning of times, many children have died for different reasons. It could be sickness, an accident or other situations that can happen. The death of children can have different effects when it comes to their families and parents. After parents have the traumatic experience of the death of their children, parents tend to suffer mentally and physically. 

In the article, “Long-term Effects of the Death of a Child on Parents’ Adjustment in Midlife”, Catherine H. and other authors talk about the effects on parents and families after the death of a child. They state that the death of child is one of the most dramatic experiences that parents can have in their life. The feeling of guilt takes over them thinking about ways, they could’ve protected them or things they should’ve done differently to avoid the death of their kid. Parents can also be affected mentally. “bereaved parents, especially mothers, were at increased risk for a first psychiatric hospitalization as compared with non-bereaved parents” she says (Rogers et al).  

In the article, Catherine H et al have a convincing argument. They argue that parents can be mentally effected when they experience the death of a child. Different studies and experiments are given in the article, which gives it more credibility. It is true that some parents have been mentally effected when they have experienced the death of child. However, not all parents have an unstable mental health. Some parents know how to deal with the pain after losing their kid, — it is obvious that it will take time for them to heal — but with time they start to accept the fact that they died, and they continue on with their life. In the “Narrative Story” the lady and husband are experiencing their child death, they feel guilty, but they manage to deal with reality even though they were going throw a crisis. In general, not all parents will have the same reaction after living the traumatic experience of losing their kid. 

The lady isn’t aware that her son didn’t sleep home that night, then sees in the news that he was found dead in the street. The death of a child can be one traumatic experience that can lead to mental issues on the parent, according to the article “Long-Term Effects of the Death of a Child on Parents’ Adjustment in Midlife”. However, it is not always that case and we can see that in the “Narrative Story” and many other stories that talk about the death of a child and how parents react towards the scenario. 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                       Works cited

 

Marmol, Grismarly. “Narrative Story.” Unpublished Paper. 20 September 2019. 

Rogers, Catherine H., et al. Long-Term Effects of the Death of a Child on Parents’ Adjustment Midlife. Vol. 22, 2008, pp. 203-11.