Funerals are rote and meaningless. They needn t be. With forethought and planning, funerals can and should be personalized rituals reflecting the uniqueness of the bereaved family. Funerals should reflect what the dead person wanted. While pre-planning your funeral may help you reconcile yourself to your own mortality, funerals are primarily for the benefit of the living.
Funerals are only for grown-ups.
Anyone old enough to love is old enough to mourn. Children, too, have the right and the privilege to attend funerals.