How to approach Father’s Day grief

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Father’s Day can be difficult for many.

Nearly one in four children in the U.S. live without a father of any kind–biological, step or adoptive. Seventy-two percent of Americans believe that being ‘fatherless’ is one the most significant family and social issues.

From a passing, a strained relationship or miles apart, everyone’s circumstance of grief varies.

Experts make recommendations for those experiencing grief. They encourage those to get plenty of sleep, make plans with friends and do things you enjoy. Experts also urge those grieving to talk with a medical professional and get involved in a support group.

Remembering that mourning takes time is key.

Clinical supervisor with Alliance Counseling, Nathan Laramore, says people need to acknowledge that “grief or at least the process of grief is not linear.” He adds that no one is going to “start from point A and end up at point B neatly.”

Laramore wants others to understand that “everybody’s process” is “singular to that individual.”

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