Parental guilt experience in diseases of their children
Riedesser, P.; Wolff, G.
Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinderheilkunde 133(9): 657-662
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-9298 PMID: 2932633 Document Number: 251933
Parents of sick or handicapped children often exhibit strong guilt feelings. These can be justified but equally can be irrational, based on magic, prescientific thinking. However, quite often they have an emotionally stabilising function for the parents. Using clinical examples possible reasons for, and the importance of these parental guilt feelings in coping with the disease are analysed. Suggestions for dealing with these guilt feelings in a differentiated manner are formulated.