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[quote=Anonymous]She’s old enough, but that doesn’t mean she has to go to every part. My then 6 and 8 year olds came to my mom’s funeral but not the interment. Only the service. And there was no viewing or wake. I think they found it valuable in understanding, especially as she’d been having health issues - in and out of hospitals and care facilities - for a year, some of which they had witnessed, and it helped them understand. I also lost two relatives a few months earlier and we didn’t bring them to those funerals and they had a lot more questions around those like where is so and so, what happened. Fortunately I had supportive friends who could watch them during the service and take them back to my dad’s house to play during the interment. If you don’t, then it’s certainly fine to decide what the child does based on your needs. [/quote]
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