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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are often invited to adult only everything -- baby showers, weddings, birthday parties ..heck funerals..

Never offended as a parent. 
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I have never heard of an adults on funeral.  That's..... something.

How do you think grandma feels about her grand babies not being allowed at her funeral?  :shock: [/quote]

How would she know? She's not going to feel any way about it. And maybe some would prefer her grandkids remember her alive, not dead and made up in a casket. It was startling to see my grandparents at their funerals. They looked so different I wish I could unsee it. it's not a memory I look back on favorably. [/quote]

I can absolutely see that for some children, a funeral would be too unsettling (like it was for you).  And keeping children home is an absolutely valid choice by a parent.  But I actually have very calming, comforting memories of my grandparents funerals including my grandfather's open casket when I was 8. I remember the service, and saying a prayer, and feeling like I was saying goodbye "officially".  I think that denying ANYONE the chance to say goodbye and have closure, if they want to, is cruel.  Especially a close family member.  Just because of age?  How would that person live with themselves, telling a child that they were not allowed to attend the funeral service of a cherished family member when the child wanted to say goodbye? Children aren't dogs. [/quote]

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