For my dad’s visitation? Should I bring my kids?

My daughter is 7, my son is 1. I’m thinking about getting a sitter for my youngest but what about for my daughter? My son never met him, my daughter has a handful of times… He wasn’t a very good dad, but I am staying at the funeral home from 1 until 8 tomorrow. I think on Tuesday, I will for sure get a sitter for both of the kids … but what about for the viewing?????? Idk what to do.

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Pretzel · 61-69, M

you could make a case for it either way

you could say death is a part of life and happens to everybody sooner or later. and when it happens, family sticks together - it's okay to see people sad. if it's like the visitations I've been to it's been as much about the ones surviving the death.

then again - you could say that the one year old is going to require a lot of attention and 7 hours is a long time to keep them entertained and they may have a routine that will be disturbed.

either choice is the right one.