Anticipating Orphanhood
Many people with aging parents don\’t want to face their eventual death, said Rachelle Elias, a licensed marriage and family therapist and grief specialist in Santa Monica. \”We believe that, since they\’ve been here all of my life, they\’re a fixture. They\’ll always be here.
\”Also, the small child part of us sees our parents as a buffer between us and anything bad that might happen. They\’re sort of a place of refuge, even if it\’s just in our mind.\”