How do they kill animals for us to eat? Looking for kid-friendly version for a 6yo.

Question

I’ve never hunted, nor fished, nor been apart of the killing/processing of any kind of meat.

My 6yo is asking me how animals end up on our plate. I tend to over-explain and I think that wouldn’t be healthy in this situation.

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Answer 1

Sorry to say there’s no way to go into specifics without it sounding cruel. Animals don’t want to die. There’s no kid friendly way to explain it unless you don’t want them to draw their own conclusions from what you tell them. Tell your kid what happens without any bias. It seems like you’re just afraid that telling them may make them not want to eat meat. I think that says more about your cognitive dissonance regarding meat consumption than whether or not your child is ready for the topic.

Answer 2

Avoid trying to sugarcoat it for them. Make it clear the animals are unnecessarily harmed for profit, and if they’re not ok with that buy them products that don’t require animal abuse

Answer 3

Avoid trying to sugarcoat it for them. Make it clear the animals are unnecessarily harmed for profit, and if they’re not ok with that buy them products that don’t require animal abuse

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Yeah, as soon as my son realized meat was from animals, he became a vegetarian at age 5. The whole family followed suit. He’s 20 now and a vegan.

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Yeah, as soon as my son realized meat was from animals, he became a vegetarian at age 5. The whole family followed suit. He’s 20 now and a vegan.

Answer 9

Yeah, as soon as my son realized meat was from animals, he became a vegetarian at age 5. The whole family followed suit. He’s 20 now and a vegan.

Answer 10

I’d say do your own research first and then be honest with your child. It’s a topic that is clearly important to them right now and lying about the reality behind meat will only build distrust and resentment when they find out eventually.

Should (and that’s probably a big should) your child decide against eating animals, please be supportive and don’t judge them for it – they’ll have to explain their choice everywhere they’ll eat anyway and having at least a parent that understands would help a lot.