Candles in the Snow: Ritual and Memory for Siblings of Infants Who Died in the Intensive Care Nursery

Pediatric Palliative Care: Current Evidence and Evidence Gaps

“…23 Survivor guilt, parental overprotection, and idealization of the deceased child affect sibling bereavement. 24 Siblings may be affected by how their parents engage them, allow them to see/hold/touch their ill siblings, and even participate in their care, 25,26 although few evidence-based bereavement interventions have been published. [27][28][29] Physical Aspects of Care…”

Parental Grief and Memento Mori Photography: Narrative, Meaning, Culture, and Context

“…Photographs also help establish a social identity for the deceased child (Alexander, 2001). Photographs are props that help parents create narratives to share with others (Fanos, Little, & Edwards, 2009;Jones, 2002). Multiple authors claim ''the centrality of narrative to ongoing identity formation'' (Singer, 2004, p. 439).…”

Interventions for bereaved parents following a child’s death: A systematic review

“…8 Researchers have proposed that losing a child affects not only the parents but the surviving siblings' psychological development. [9][10][11] Long-term reactions to a sibling's death may include symptoms of anxiety, fear, 12 a sense of being different from one's peers, 13 and guilt. 14 Behavioral changes such as social withdrawal or aggression have been observed among bereaved siblings.…”