#35 - Anna Nicole Smith: How Do Parents Grieve?

The media frenzy has been fast and furious over the death of Anna Nicole Smith .

Lest we all forget...

one of the most unimaginable tragedies for a parent is the death of a child.

I can not locate the source today, but while counseling grieving parents, I learned that the untimely death of the mother is extremely high for the first five years or so after the death of her child.

Public tragedies such as Anna Nicole's resound in our hearts.

People are already judging her harshly, but the day her son died...

her life was flipped upside down and inside out.

May she now rest in peace.

Loretta Kelly, MSW

Here are some resources about parental grief:

The Child Death Helpline (for UK)

The Sudden Death of a Child

The Grief of the Parents: A Lifetime Journey

Here is an important link for those of us who have grieved miscarriage:

Child Miscarriage and Child Death Support Website

Tragedies covered on the media may cause those who have been traumatized to re-experience the emotional pain from a personal trauma.

Crisis phone counseling is available here:

USA National Crisis Hotlines

#34 - Childhood is Sacred

Childhood is Sacred.

I just needed to say that.

#33 - MySpace and Sex Predators

Congress is pushing for social network sites, such as MySpace, to have access to the database of registered sex offenders.

Here's the news article:

Money News:- Congress Targeting Online Sex Offenders - AOL Money & Finance