As the nurse counsels the parents of a child who has lost a sibling, an appropriate comment would be:
1. "Allowing children to decide how to participate in funerals will help them in the grieving process."
2. "Children are permanently scarred by loss."
3. "Children need to go to funerals to help them get over loss."
4. "Children get over loss best by going to therapy."
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Rationale: Allowing children to make decisions about participating in funerals will help them process the event.
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