re:Now that childhood death is less expected, perhaps someone should coin a word for a bereaved parent. It seems too important a life experience to not be named.
a few year ago, a young man i knew died(aged 34) of a ceribal hemorage how doyou spell anyorism?
his family was very religious jews, but unlike a normal 7 day period of morning, there was only a short time for sitting shivis.
the period of morning for the death of child is short, by law and custom. if he had been married, his wife would have been "the chief morner", not his parents. and he would have died as father or husband.. but since he was unmarried, he was considered a child still...
it was upsetting all round.. his death, everything...
your right Magdalene, things have changed... but it doesn't happen often enough for there to be a word for it.. and i doubt one will be coined.
