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Originally Posted by Tribesman
How is it any different than bringing them to a funeral home or even a cemetary?
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A funeral home or a cemetery is a place which a child will only visit on these kinds of occasion. You have time to prepare a child and to explain what death means. If the child does not feel comfortable getting close to the deceased, he can stay away.
The home is usually the place where a child feels the safest. Bringing a body into the home
may have an unsettling effect on the child (obviously it depends on the child) and he may associate that memory with his home.
When I was 7, my cousin who was also 7 died. I can still vividly see the image of him in his coffin. Even though I played with him for years before, that is the only memory I have left of him. Death can have a powerful impact when you are young.
of course, that is only my opinion. This is probably the first time I have agreed with Bubblehead1980 on anything.
