In recent years, the question of "should you take your children to the funeral" has caused a lot of discussion on Internet platforms such as "Zhihu". This issue is controversial in many aspects. In addition to the discussion of the child's physical and psychological conditions and the reflection on the parent's decision-making, it also involves the life experience of children of different ages in funeral activities.
While exploring the construction of life and culture education bases and expanding the functions of life and culture education in funeral homes and cemeteries, we should especially ask what funeral and interment sites can provide for these children and families participating in funeral activities based on the characteristics of children at different ages. Service?
Many front-line funeral workers have their own understanding of these issues, let's take a look!
Participating in a cemetery funeral is an important lesson in life.
taking children to a cemetery to participate in a funeral is a natural opportunity for life culture education. In a cemetery close to nature, children can better understand the natural laws of life from birth to death. Participating in the entire funeral process of a loved one helps him to gain an experience of the relationship between life and death.
For the cemetery, abundant human resources should be fully activated to provide children with appropriate life and cultural education.
is first of all the environmental construction of the cemetery. On the whole, the environment and atmosphere of cemeteries in Shanghai are becoming more and more like gardens and parks, which can give people a sense of relaxation and joy of returning to nature. In such an environment, if there are some wild landscapes and children's activities that are in line with the children's psychology, it will not only make the cemetery icing on the cake, but also allow the children to quickly integrate into the environment of the cemetery, which will make customers feel gratified.
Followed by the cemetery. In the process of planning a funeral, children should be treated as equal participants with adults. The cemetery can know in advance whether there are children in the funeral, the approximate number and age group. In the design of each link, you can prepare some childlike decorations, or give away some life-themed picture books (there are many on the market). In addition to the traditional functions of these cemeteries, the cemetery can also open up an explanation route suitable for children to visit according to the age characteristics of the visitors. It is similar to the parent-child hiking route. Choose suitable visiting points and feel the nature while walking. Reading the inscriptions to feel life: For example, in the Yinglieyuan area, patriotism education is carried out. In the Minglieyuan area, try to explore what you should pursue in life, or even go to the garden area of your peers to see how reluctant their relatives are. You can also intersperse some interactive links related to life and culture education, such as writing a card to a deceased relative, and talking about your own feelings and thoughts at the time about deaths that happened around you (animals are also acceptable).
