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[quote=Anonymous]The death of a grandparent is most kid's first introduction to death. Of course she's sad and upset - that's appropriate and healthy. Participating in your family and cultures mourning is also appropriate and healthy. If you go as a family and get to hug other people who also loved grandma, and share happy memories of her, and cry together, she gets to process death and learn about it and also learn that she has a family that will support each other when things get hard. If she doesn't go, she will learn that death is such a scary and terrible thing that it's too big and awful to even talk about or experience. Whatever vision of a funeral she conjures in her mind will surely be worse for her than actually experiencing a funeral. Also, the "weddings and funerals" trope is there for a reason - I actually have several very fond memories of seeing cousins and other family at various funerals. It's an important life long connection for her.[/quote]
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