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Include
children in the funeral and/or memorial service
- Allow them to decide how involved they would
like to be in the funeral and/or memorial service. Provide opportunities
for children to make choices about the service; picking out a song, helping
to choose what the person is to wear, putting something in the casket
as a way of saying goodbye.
- Provide information about what to expect before, during, and after the
funeral or memorial service. Prepare children for what they will see, hear,
taste, feel and smell.
- Remember the "Big Energy of Grief" concept. Recognize that
it will be difficult for children to sit still and be quiet when they have
so many big and hard feelings inside of them. Make arrangements for a space
where it is okay for children to run, play or be loud.
Text provided by:
Caring Connections
A Hope and Comfort in Grief Program
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Caring Connections is sponsored in part by
The Ben B. and Iris M. Margolis
Foundation
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