You see the same thing with kids and realizing that meat is pieces from the cadavers of sentient beings. Example here (and the parenting subs on :reddit-logo: are full of similar examples, including various psychos suggesting the parents lie to the kid about it).
I went through something similar when I was 10. I stopped eating meat once it fully set in that the chicken on my plate was once a living animal that didn’t have to die. Stayed vegetarian for many years until I went vegan.
You see the same thing with kids and realizing that meat is pieces from the cadavers of sentient beings. Example here (and the parenting subs on :reddit-logo: are full of similar examples, including various psychos suggesting the parents lie to the kid about it).
Yep: https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2022/04/13/eating-meat-is-less-morally-acceptable-for-kids-than-adults-finds-study
I went through something similar when I was 10. I stopped eating meat once it fully set in that the chicken on my plate was once a living animal that didn’t have to die. Stayed vegetarian for many years until I went vegan.
Have they considered admitting that all the arguments the 5 year old made are objectively correct? :thonk: