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Anon wants parenting advice (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Incase you ever have an event like this. Grain of salt though, I'm a youth worker but dont have a degree in child psychology. You ask the child to imagine how the animal feels. Even if the child does not have empathy, the imagine part forces their brain to try to understand. If it persists also seeking professional help never hurts.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

This exact thing happened with my cousin. We were staying at a cottage with his family and he had a day where started really enjoying catching frogs and yeeting them against rocks to kill them for some reason. He must have killed like 30 when his mom found out. Then she explained to him that frogs are living animals with mommys and daddys of their own and my cousin suddenly became so traumatized he cried for hours.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I used to love doing these types of things as a child and I was terrified of dismemberment in movies. One day, my dad told me that what I see in movies is what the frogs, fish, and bugs that I'd torment (essentially anything that didn't make terrifying noises) would endure. That was a massive turning point in my life.

[-] dudinax@programming.dev 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

When I was four I stomped on ants for fun. Then one day my big sister rushed over and buried one of them and put a marker on its grave.

I still stomped on them, but kept thinking about what she did and I eventually stopped.

[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago

Nah fuck ants. But mostly just the queen. Support ant workers rights

[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

FREE THE ANTS

DOWN WITH THE MONARCHY

SUPPORT ANT COMMUNISM!

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 8 months ago

Go to 4chan for parenting advice

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Perfect idea honestly. Just take whatever they say and do the opposite

[-] SigmarStern@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 months ago

I drowned some ants when I was a little kid in our backyard because I was scared of them and also curious. My neighbor told me to think about what I did. I was mortified. I'm a vegan now.

Kids need to learn that kind of empathy. Although I don't think I would have ever thought about about ripping limbs from frogs.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 8 months ago

I was horrible to animals as a kid. I teased the neighbourhood cats so much. I once put salt on a snail just for fun, without knowing it would die a gruesome death with just one grain of coarse salt. I'm vegan today...

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

I wasn't very nice to plants as a kid. I would often pluck wood sorrel off the ground and eat it right there. I once burned a hole in a leaf using my glasses. I'm a meat eater today.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago

Ants are bastards though, frogs don't hurt you :(

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago

Little bastards gave me warts. And gonorrhea.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Shouldn't have fucked the frog then.

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