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she isn't quite getting the whole idea and has dealt with several family deaths

Sorry for your losses. We have been spared (so far) and have only lost a beloved pet.

I just know that this is history in the making and I want her and her brother to be there. Had I been 5 and living close to DC, I would have hoped that my parents would have taken me to the JFK procession.

BTW, they are napping, so I can FReep and watch TV and listen to Rush to my heart's content!!!!

Had I been 5 and living close to DC, I would have hoped that my parents would have taken me to the JFK procession.

I don't have kids, but I have had a lot of losses. I would say if you are going, there are some events that the children would be fine at, and bring a welcome light to dark moods. waiting along the processional road is one, but perhaps not the viewing.

Let them be happy, don't fight them to be somber when they just can't be... The only time I was upset about children at my mother's service was the unfairness of expectation and harshness in some parents. The parents were stressed, I forgive them, but the parent was a bigger interruption than the laughing and playing of a child, if that makes sense..

she isn't quite getting the whole idea and has dealt with several family deaths
Sorry for your losses. We have been spared (so far) and have only lost a beloved pet.
I just know that this is history in the making and I want her and her brother to be there. Had I been 5 and living close to DC, I would have hoped that my parents would have taken me to the JFK procession.

BTW, they are napping, so I can FReep and watch TV and listen to Rush to my heart's content!!!!

I just showed her some pix on this thread and compared it to when grandpa died and how grandma feels.

She is chilling now and made a flower picture for him and a picture of him and her together. It is easy enough for her since she knows who George Bush is (and is jealous of Laura!)

Due to illness, any napping going on includes me! It will probably be a good 4 to 6 more weeks before I feel like 100%, but I am exercising to get rid of the flab that doens't help. Lost 6 pounds.

If you can somehow have the concept of the funeral make sense, I would see nothing wrong with taking your children. Even if they don't understand, you remind them from time to time as they learn who George Bush is and begin learning history, they will appreciate it later.