Re: [DL] Frontier House - drifting OT

["William Ogden" <w_ogden@hotmail.com>]

>On 5/6/02 3:10 PM, "Wangenstein" <wangenstein@mad.scientist.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Huh, we named most of the animals on our farm.  They still tasted just 
>as
> >>> good. : )
> >
> > Assuming you were raised on a farm, then that wasn't unusual for you. 
>The
> > slaughter of farm animals for food was a normal occurance. Not for this 
>kid,
> > who associates living animals with pets or friends, not food. This kid 
>was
> > traumatized by watching or being present when these animals he had come 
>to
> > care for were killed by his father, at the behest of his mother. I 
>admit, farm
> > kids are a different situation, but for someone who was trying to teach 
>their
> > child a lesson, she did a terrible job...
>
>While I personally haven't seen the show, based on your description, this
>wasn't a very good way to handle the situation.  He'll probably have issues
>for some time.  As a fairly new parent myself (we have a two year old), the
>more I read about parenting, the more I find that theories point to more 
>and
>more aspects of who we are were formed at a very young age.  This just
>sounds like a parent who really wasn't thinking about their child at the
>time.
>
>Derek (C.)
>
>
basically, they shouldn't have let the kid name the pig, and if they saw he 
was bonding with it, should have put someone else on the pig feeding chore.

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