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Decca Aikenhead on the effect of being bereaved as a child 2/2

Interview series. Decca Aikenhead talks to Sandra, who lost her father suddenly when she was young. Decca explores how a shock bereavement effects a child.

Decca Aikenhead explores how the loss of a parent effects a child. Decca herself was nine when her mother died of cancer, and three years ago, her partner drowned suddenly and unexpectedly, leaving her with their two young sons. She has had to raise them on her own and help them cope with his death. She talks to Sandra, who lost both her father and her husband suddenly, about what happens to children when a parent dies without warning.

Producer in Bristol: Sara Conkey.

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15 minutes

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Tue 13 Feb 2018 09:30

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  • Tue 13 Feb 2018 09:30

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