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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't agree with you.  My spouse loss their parents.  Having our toddlers there really helped.  We are family and help each other through grief.  Kids need to see and understand it.  [/quote]

Your children are not emotional support animals. All of the posters saying that it was so nice to have the children there and that they were a welcome distraction are inappropriately using small children to help them process their adult emotions. 3 year olds, or small children of any age should not be put in this position. They can be taught about grief and loss by their parents. They do not need to be a human stuffed animal for great aunt Debbie to hug while she cries.

We are still in a pandemic and every trip is a risk. Your kids are unvaxxed. Please remember how funerals were super spreader events back in 2020. Omicron didn’t exist then. There is no way that this event will not have at least one sick person there. As parents, you have to make difficult decisions that will sometimes upset other adults that are in the best interest of your children.

I am sorry your DH is struggling to see things your way in his grief. It might be worth trying to get him an appointment with a grief counselor. [/quote]

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