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Bug Squashing Deer Hunting Toddlers

Mar 03, 2010 07:38

A friend of mine recently posted on her facebook something like "This morning I caught my 5 year old killing bugs in the garden and had to have a talk with him. Please teach your children to respect life ( ... )

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lisasimpsonfan

I do agree that you don't kill bugs just to kill them. That is a great learning opportunity for the parent to talk about all the good things bugs do for us, the animals, plants and environment. While I wouldn't take that young of a child hunting because of the danger I would take an older child if they wanted to go. I grew up in a hunter friendly environment where plenty of families hunted to put food on their table and would have gone hungry if they didn't hunt. My daughter has never been hunting but I have made sure she has ALWAYS known where her food comes from.

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ladyelysium

What the bloody hell is this Toddlers and Tiaras show?!

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jewe1z

I've never seen an episode but at lot of their clips make it to "The Soup" which is a weekly recap show of all the trainwrecks on TV.

If you've never heard of toddler pageants you might be in for a bit of a shock!

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ladyelysium

Oh God.. There is something so very wrong with this concept. I just saw a trailer and there is this teeny, tiny little girl GYRATING... with her Mum showing her what to do!

Those better be some damn big cash prizes for demeaning your child like that.

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nightfun

It's really amazing what crap is put on TV isn't it? I've seen commercials for this show and a few other similar ones and cant believe how low these parents will go.

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mahasin

I'd take an opportunity of my kid squashing bugs to explain cause and effect but I also don't really have a problem with taking your kid hunting if they enjoy it. I mean, Toddlers and Tiaras is an epic trainwreck and something wasn't right about that kid, but wanting to go hunting wasn't quite it.

In some places hunting is a way of life, it is a survivalist skill, etc etc.

The other day I was watching a rerun of Grey's Anatomy and one of the Doctors was trying to save a deer's life and the dad was getting frustrated and finally blurted out that "they wanted the deer dead so they could take it home and eat it" and that the kid loved hamburgers and the beef came from a cow. The kid basically broke into tears because he didn't understand where his meat came from.

In short, hunting = okay when done properly with proper protection and lessons etc etc.

Random bug killing = not okay, unless they eat the bugs... then I guess it's ok

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jewe1z

something wasn't right about that kid, but wanting to go hunting wasn't quite it.

Yeah you got it right. It was the sadistic pleasure she seemed to take in dismembering it. And the way she licked her lips and wiggled her eyebrows!

I have hunters in my family but none of them have ever taken a child barely out of diapers hunting and butchering. I wonder if she just looked at it like a game of real life mr potato head.

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sueg

The way the kid was talking about chopping up the deer was a little disturbing, but I would be willing to bet the interviewer was giving her reactions to keep her going. Really, I'm not personally interested in hunting but I don't think there's anything wrong with it - I think hunting for food is more ethical/humane than buying industrial meat, for sure. So I think it's fine to take kids hunting so they can understand where meat comes from. The pageants are another story - much more worrying. And I would strongly discourage my kid from squashing bugs unless they were a threat (mosquitos, ticks) or if they wanted to take up eating bugs, I guess, and knew which kinds were tasty.

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lustychan

Personally, we try to teach that ALL life has value. Even little bugs. That doesn't mean that we never kill things. Sometimes it's pretty necessary. But there has to be a darn good reason. We believe in reincarnation and so who knows if a creature is someone you knew at one time or another?

At the same time, I don't have a problem with hunting IF YOU ARE GOING TO CONSUME YOUR GAME! Same goes for fishing. I do not agree with hunting for sport, but I think going out to kill something for food is probably a better way of doing things than going out to the grocery store and grabbing your already cut-up beef or what have you. I think it's important for children (and adults!) to fully realize where their food comes from, and to own up to it.

Other people can think whatever they want, but this is what we try to instill in our children.

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neptune_melody

I agree; sport/trophy hunting is just not right in my book.
I do agree that it's a more humane way to get food if you can kill an animal quickly with one shot. Bow hunting on the other hand seems beyond inhumane to me; I've seen animals still alive with several arrows in their bodies.
Personally I don't like the thought of killing any living creature if it can be avoided, which is why I enjoy a vegetarian lifestyle.

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