Why Bereaved Dads Need More Than Our Sympathy.
There is a question we rarely ask when a child dies “who is looking after the father?”
When a family experiences the unimaginable loss of a child, our attention naturally turns towards mothers. We ask how they are coping, surround them with practical support and recognise the visible impact of their grief.
Fathers, by contrast, often become the people expected to hold everything together.
