“So That If One Dies”: The Narrative of the Replacement Child in Israeli Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Olmert
Keyword(s):  
Replacement Child

Anna O: A Replacement Child

1985 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 396-397
Author(s):  
Stephen Aaron
Keyword(s):  
Replacement Child

Sexual Intimacy and Replacement Children after the Death of a Child

1985 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Intimacy ◽  
Preparation Time ◽  
Sexual Guilt ◽  
Death Of A Child ◽  
Replacement Child ◽  
Child's Death ◽  
Specific Reason

The stress on couples who have a child die is tremendous. Fourteen couples who had a short or long preparation time for their child's death were interviewed. All parents expressed guilt. It was also discovered that because of this grief and the accompanying guilt, sexual intercourse was performed only by three couples within the first three days after the death, with sexual guilt occurring with one couple. Hugging and being held, however, became a comforting behavior found in all but one couple. This behavior was a new experience for the men. Although sex was perceived as undesirable, it was again initiated for a specific reason: to produce a replacement child. Although the literature indicates that replacement children could be potentially pathological, the question arises whether a replacement child could be a “normal” need for parents of childbearing years.

The replacement child

2018 ◽  
pp. 77-205
Author(s):  
Joseph H. Berke
Keyword(s):  
Replacement Child

The replacement child

2018 ◽  
pp. 155-163
Author(s):  
A. H. Brafman
Keyword(s):  
Replacement Child

scholarly journals The replacement child?A developmental tragedy: Some preliminary comments

1976 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecily Legg ◽  
Ivan Sherick
Keyword(s):  
Replacement Child

A Legacy of Loss: Stories of Replacement Dynamics and the Subsequent Child

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Reed Vollmann
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Small Samples ◽  
Survivor Guilt ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Unresolved Grief ◽  
Unique Experience ◽  
Replacement Child ◽  
Caregiver Role ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

This article, a qualitative exploration of the experiences of subsequent children, endeavors to clarify common issues and experiences of this population. Subsequent children, also known as subsequent siblings, are children born after the death of a brother or sister. For this study, 25 adult subsequent siblings participated in semi-structured interviews. Few researchers have written about this population, and much of what has been documented was researched from single case studies, or from very small samples. This study aims to explore the commonalities of the unique experience of being a subsequent child. Themes which emerged include various replacement child dynamics, impaired bonding with parents or altered parenting as a result of the loss, family grief and its repercussions, meaning making and spiritual questioning, fantasies about the lost sibling, disenfranchised and unresolved grief, taking on a caregiver role, and survivor guilt. The implications for clinical practice are presented.

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