Types of Loss

According to the Grief Recovery Method there are over 40 types of loss. These are some of the most common types of loss that impact children:

•Death of parent

•Divorce of parents

•Acquiring a visible deformity

•Jail sentence of parent for over one year

•Marital separation of parents

•Death of a brother or sister

•Change in acceptance by peers

•Unplanned pregnancy of sister

•Discovery of being an adopted child

•Marriage of parent to stepparent

•Death of a close friend

•Having a visible congenital deformity

•Serious illness requiring hospitalization

•Failure of a grade in school

•Not making an extracurricular activity

•Hospitalization of a parent

•Jail sentence of parent for over 30 days

•Suspension from school

•Substance abuse in the family

•Domestic Violence in the family

•Birth of a brother or sister

•Increase in arguments between parents

•Loss of job by parent

•Change in parent's financial status

•Hospitalization of a sibling

•Increased absence of parent from home

•Brother or sister leaving home

•Addition of third adult to family

•Becoming a full-fledged member of a church

•Decrease in arguments between parents

•Decrease in arguments with parents

•Mother or father beginning work