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We're still trying to figure out when/how/what it will be like when we teach our kid where her food comes from.
At the moment she likes to eat beef and shout "THE COW LOLA" (not at the same time). going to be fun when we tie the two together.
"Wait, does chicken come from chickens?" said my daughter, "How did we know they would be so tasty?"
We had already told her beef and milk comes from cows, just hadn't thought about pointing out the obvious one.
Took me long enough as a child to realise that chicken was chicken. I'm nervous for my kids turn...
My family raised cattle. Whenever I asked where the beef came from, my grandfather explained it was usually the older heifers, or the one that refused to obey the training (which usually happened as they got to 3 or 4 years). I had a very sad moment when I remembered one would nuzzle and lick my face and realized I hadn't seen it in a year or so (I was 5 or 6).
How old is yours? Mine is nearly 4 and has figured it out. It helped that, when we went on vacation, the supermarket sold complete chicken with the head and feet still attached, and cow tongues and pork feet and things. We even pointed out a pig brain for him to look at. It also may have helped that is favourite food is snails, mussles, squid and small fish with their heads attached (fried anchovies, he calls them eye fishies). All pretty recognisable on a plate!
When i was a kid (4 or 5), we used to go to a fish market all the time. They had a tank with live squid in them and i swore i'd never eat them.
We went to a restaurant and they had calamari. I LOVED it. My mom finally asked me if i knew what animal calamari was and i didn't know.
She said "squid". I stopped for about 5 seconds and then stuffed another few in my mouth...haha.
you must be doing a great job with their nutrition. Mine's 2 1/2 , so we're just about arriving at full sentences, so not quite yet :)
Eh, not really. We have only very recently cracked the code to getting him to eat any veggies aside from cucumber. Before that he would usually just eat meat, fish, potatoes and rice. Anything green would lead to drama. We showed him Popeye and how the spinach made him strong. Now, anytime he eats his veg he gets to "pick me up" and throw me on the couch. It's been three weeks and he still likes doing it so, fingers crossed! 😄
Good to know you guys are still adapting,ours generally eats most stuff but sometimes she hesitates with shredded meat and that makes that particular mealtime forever, but she eats her food.
Also there are some things she obviously prefers like crackers.
4.5ish was about when my kid started connecting the dots
I had to have this chat with my daughter as a surprise when she saw a pig on a spit. Couldnt duck it or deflect... had to handle it on the spot.
Handle it? By talking about how torturing and murdering animals is bad? Or just normalizing the violence and not worrying about it?
Then people wonder why our society is so shitty.
Maybe lying to your kids is indicative of a deeper problem (carnism).
Hey man, I was really looking forward to your genuine experiences raising children, please don't forget to share your anecdotes here so we can learn to become better parents with your help.
wow, very interesting. what was it like raising your kids as vegans?
EDIT: How many kids do you have? Did you raise them all as vegans?
fuck off you propaganda spouting dickhead.