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My 3 year old recently picked up a sausage and asked "did this used to be a pig?" "Yes, that used to be a pig." "OK!" and popped it into his mouth. Kids real

My 3 year old recently picked up a sausage and asked "did this used to be a pig?" "Yes, that used to be a pig." "OK!" and popped it into his mouth. Kids really don't care.

latentcall 2y ago
Some don’t, some do. A colleagues daughter who is 4 had the realization that chicken is… chickens, which are cute and funny and nice to pet. She won’t eat chicken now. The colleague keeps chickens for eggs so she’s exposed to them on a daily basis, so maybe that’s where the difference lies. A pig isn’t a common animal kept in a household or even most backyard farms so a child might not have much exposure to them. Just a thought, dunno.
- lazyasciiart 2y ago
  My 3yo realized that sausages were pigs. He asked does that mean pigs eat sausages made of humans? Can WE eat sausages made of humans if we run out of sausages made of pigs?
  - com2kid 2y ago
    Oh we've gone over the complete list of what eats what including all the bidirectional cases towards the top of the food chain. Sometimes he'll think up of a pairing and ask me to check online which animal eats the other. Yesterday it was praying mantis Ed VS spiders. Turns out that can go either way depending on the spider.
- com2kid 2y ago
  Our neighbor has chickens. We sometimes help out with the eggs. One day my son asked if we can go eat one of our neighbor's chickens. I had to explain the difference between egg laying chickens and meat chickens. Also I explained that it is rude to eat your neighbors' animals without asking first.
  - skeeter2020 2y ago
    if you grew up on a farm in my generation the difference was you got to eat the layers... eventually.
- watwut 2y ago
  Village kids don't have any issue eating animals. So it is not going to be just that.
slimebot80 2y ago
Sample size: 1.
themaninthedark 2y ago
My aunt and uncle got called for a parent teacher meeting because my cousin wrote a story in 1st grade: First the farmer pets the bunny. Then the farmer feeds the bunny. Then the farmer gives the bunny some water. Then the farmer kills the bunny and eats him for dinner.
tartoran 2y ago
> Kids really don't care. Kids care as much as their parents care and what they teach them. Don't overgeneralize this please. Some do care, maybe most don't but it is something that changes over time.
- com2kid 2y ago
  You are of course correct. A more accurate statement would be "kids are really good at taking things as matter of fact". They don't have very many preconceived notions yet.

My 3 year old recently picked up a sausage and asked "did this used to be a pig?" "Yes, that used to be a pig." "OK!" and popped it into his mouth. Kids really don't care.

latentcall 2y ago

Some don’t, some do. A colleagues daughter who is 4 had the realization that chicken is… chickens, which are cute and funny and nice to pet. She won’t eat chicken now. The colleague keeps chickens for eggs so she’s exposed to them on a daily basis, so maybe that’s where the difference lies. A pig isn’t a common animal kept in a household or even most backyard farms so a child might not have much exposure to them. Just a thought, dunno.

lazyasciiart 2y ago
My 3yo realized that sausages were pigs. He asked does that mean pigs eat sausages made of humans? Can WE eat sausages made of humans if we run out of sausages made of pigs?
- com2kid 2y ago
  Oh we've gone over the complete list of what eats what including all the bidirectional cases towards the top of the food chain. Sometimes he'll think up of a pairing and ask me to check online which animal eats the other. Yesterday it was praying mantis Ed VS spiders. Turns out that can go either way depending on the spider.
com2kid 2y ago
Our neighbor has chickens. We sometimes help out with the eggs. One day my son asked if we can go eat one of our neighbor's chickens. I had to explain the difference between egg laying chickens and meat chickens. Also I explained that it is rude to eat your neighbors' animals without asking first.
- skeeter2020 2y ago
  if you grew up on a farm in my generation the difference was you got to eat the layers... eventually.
watwut 2y ago
Village kids don't have any issue eating animals. So it is not going to be just that.

slimebot80 2y ago

Sample size: 1.

themaninthedark 2y ago

My aunt and uncle got called for a parent teacher meeting because my cousin wrote a story in 1st grade: First the farmer pets the bunny. Then the farmer feeds the bunny. Then the farmer gives the bunny some water. Then the farmer kills the bunny and eats him for dinner.

tartoran 2y ago

> Kids really don't care. Kids care as much as their parents care and what they teach them. Don't overgeneralize this please. Some do care, maybe most don't but it is something that changes over time.

com2kid 2y ago
You are of course correct. A more accurate statement would be "kids are really good at taking things as matter of fact". They don't have very many preconceived notions yet.