Quote Originally Posted by JRLongton View Post
I think a certain level of detachment is necessary if your going to feed an insect to a hungry animal. While I can see your point and agree that your daughter probably is being cruel to the crickets, I wouldn't think any disciplinary or serious concern is needed. Maybe the best thing is to buy fewer crickets?

I'm a parent myself, of a daughter who is apparently much less responsible than you own. I wouldn't trust my daughter to keep any animal alive....
Yeah, maybe part of my talk/consequence is going to be that she can only pick up enough to feed them for a day or two, and then has to trouble herself to get more, since she doesn't want to provide good care for them. Good point. Being a typical teenager she will probably find this troublesome in a short amount of time and try harder to care for her crickets.