Human Growth and Development / Unit 17 HGD 2450 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Disenfranchised Grief and Pets
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The idea
Disenfranchised grief, Doka's term, is grief that others do not acknowledge, as can follow the death of a pet, an ex-spouse or a perinatal loss.
In practice
More than half of children in pet-owning countries losing a pet before age seven.
Where people slip
The misconception is that grieving a pet isn't real grief; people describe pet and human loss in the same language.
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