Grandmaternal Grief
Grandmothers feel grandmaternal grief when their grandchildren die.
Although grandmaternal love stops when a grandchild is 33 months old, the threat of grandmaternal grief never stops. If their grandchildren die before them, grandmothers feel the stabbing emotional pain of grief. And grieving grandmothers feel grandmaternal grief until they die.
Grandmaternal grief is strongest when grandchildren die as teenagers.
The closer a grandchild was to 16 years of age when they died, the stronger the grandmaternal grief that a grandmother feels. Grandmothers of dead teenagers feel stronger grief than grandmothers of dead infants or grandmothers of dead adult children.
Grieving grandmothers should avoid reminders of their dead grandchildren.
Grandmothers cannot help their dead grandchildren by remembering them. Grandmothers can only inflict more emotional pain on themselves by remembering. And the more grief that a grandmother feels, the less she can do for her remaining family. Although it seems callous, the best thing for a grieving grandmother and her family is to remove all reminders of a dead grandchild. If necessary, the family might need to move.
Grandmaternal grief causes frowning.
Grandmothers of dead grandchildren will involuntarily frown when feeling grief - the corners of their mouths turn down for at least a second or two.
Grandmaternal grief can cause crying.
Grief can cause grieving grandmothers to cry because it releases suppressed crying. However, grandmothers will only cry if they are lonely. So not crying does not mean a grandmother does not feel grief.
Although grandmaternal love stops when a grandchild is 33 months old, the threat of grandmaternal grief never stops. If their grandchildren die before them, grandmothers feel the stabbing emotional pain of grief. And grieving grandmothers feel grandmaternal grief until they die.
Grandmaternal grief is strongest when grandchildren die as teenagers.
The closer a grandchild was to 16 years of age when they died, the stronger the grandmaternal grief that a grandmother feels. Grandmothers of dead teenagers feel stronger grief than grandmothers of dead infants or grandmothers of dead adult children.
Grieving grandmothers should avoid reminders of their dead grandchildren.
Grandmothers cannot help their dead grandchildren by remembering them. Grandmothers can only inflict more emotional pain on themselves by remembering. And the more grief that a grandmother feels, the less she can do for her remaining family. Although it seems callous, the best thing for a grieving grandmother and her family is to remove all reminders of a dead grandchild. If necessary, the family might need to move.
Grandmaternal grief causes frowning.
Grandmothers of dead grandchildren will involuntarily frown when feeling grief - the corners of their mouths turn down for at least a second or two.
Grandmaternal grief can cause crying.
Grief can cause grieving grandmothers to cry because it releases suppressed crying. However, grandmothers will only cry if they are lonely. So not crying does not mean a grandmother does not feel grief.
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