Grieving for a child without a partner can bring its own difficulties.  You may feel isolated and not easily able to get your emotional and physical needs met. 

It is important to reach out to family and friends for support and to have someone with you at this time.

It is helpful if another adult can give practical and emotional support in the early days that follow the death of your child. 

Most people need help with the organising and decision-making that surround a death. 

As a bereaved single parent, we may sometimes feel that there is not enough of us to go around. 

When we are struggling to get through the day because of our own grief, our remaining children may feel that we are ‘not there’ for them, but there may be no one else to fill the gap. 

Close friends and family can provide support and be a great help for practical tasks. 

Perhaps we need someone to do the shopping or take the other children to their activities. 

It will help to share thoughts and feelings with them and to have support around you.