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.
"Yes, that used to be a pig."
"OK!" and popped it into his mouth.
Kids really don't care.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.