When is it ok to expose children to live feeding ?

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I also think that kids need to understand the food chain to understand WHY the snake must eat the rat/mouse/rabbit/pig/etc. explain that the snake has to eat the animal to survive, just as the coyote must eat the snake, and the mountain lion must eat the coyote, etc etc.

Explain to your child that animals cannot go to the grocery store and buy food, like us humans do, and that life as a wild animal is actually pretty tough, and meals can be few and far between.

Once your child understands WHY, they can accept the death of the animal much more easily.

Death can be a very touchy subject, but it is inevitable. The sooner they understand why, the sooner they can deal with the reality of it.

As I have said, sometimes children don't have a choice and are exposed to death, especially like in my families case, without someone forcing it upon them. My 2 year old daughter was forced, not by us, to realize that her only little brother in the whole wide world had died. She had to watch as I tried to revive him, and had to watch me fail in my attempts. She doesn't ask where he is anymore, but she looks at pictures of him and makes comments about her "guy" being in heaven and him no longer being here anymore.

Kids, even at a very early age, can understand death far greater than we ever give them credit for.


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