The fear before the grief: When goodbye begins long before it actually happens
- Posted on July 26, 2026
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The fear before the grief: When goodbye begins long before it actually happens
The death of a parent is one of life's oldest certainties. Yet for many millennials and Gen Z adults, it is an all-consuming preoccupation. They monitor parents' heart rates from continents away, stock medicine cabinets and postpone careers, trying to outrun the inevitable-all the while dreading the moment they cease to be someone's child and become the generation at the front of the line