In the master's thesis I write about grief counseling during the dying process and after the death of a child. I was interested in family acceptance of death, the grieving process, and the impact of experiencing the death of a child. I wanted to explore how social work supports parents and children in their grief. The death of a child is the worst event that can happen in a family, as parents are convinced that the child will survive and no one is ready to say goodbye to their child. The siblings also have to cope with the loss and need help during this time because in most cases, especially when they are younger, they do not know how to help themselves or keep their emotions and feelings to themselves because they do not want to burden the grieving parents. In my master's thesis, I found that it is necessary to talk about the death of a child and raise awareness and talk about the pain that parents and siblings feel during the time of grief. We need to support them and thus help them raise their voices and gain experience so that they can speak and be heard. It is also necessary to provide support and guidance to those around them so that they are able to start and encourage a conversation about the death of a child, and are able to respond appropriately in a given situation. With my work, I wanted to explore parents' attitudes towards the death of a child and contribute to the destabilization of a topic that is still not "allowed" to be talked about in Slovenian society. On the contrary, people, especially parents and siblings of a deceased child, need to be sensitized and supported so that they can talk about it and know that they are heard and are not alone with their grief.
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