Would it be a good idea to take a child to a slaughter house so they can see where meat comes from?

Answer 1

No

Answer 2

Hi,
My Grandmother taught me how to skin, gut & prepare wild rabbits & pheasant etc.
Fresh chicken, raw fish, and given a hoist & equpment, a whole pig. Out with the sharp knives. Gammons, bacon, spare ribs.
I would not take a small child to an abbatoir, though.
It could be a tad disturbing when done on a large commercial scale.
My sons know where their food comes from, and they know how to grow & prepare many a vegetable, and also what to do with a duck.
If the power fails, and all the shops & supermarkets shut down.
They have the tools to survive nicely. Would you ?
Each to their own, but as an omnivore, which is the natural way of things, and if your children do not know that a nice steak comes from cattle, then the demonstration of the "gory bits" won't help.
If you are stuck for a childrens' outing on the subject, then a tour of your local butchers' facilities will enlighten.
Then let them decide for themeselves whether they want carrot cake, or a sausage sandwich.
No contest !
All the best, though - the choices of the individual should be maintained & respected, and not enforced by scaring kids away from what they may enjoy.
Bob

Answer 3

Absolutely not. And this is why.

When I first finished my schooling, I decided to go to Uni to be a Veterinary doctor. I was doing exceptionally well, especially considering I had to work at the same time. My family has too many children for Mama and Papa to send us to Uni, so you pay for it yourself. (You ARE going, too, or it's off for a military career for you!)

I had a job I loved, working as a line cook in a busy restaurant, was doing well at Uni, was helping out at a Veterinary hospital as a licensed Veterinary nurse and generally enjoying life. I was a bit over halfway finished with my education when disaster struck.

We were required to take a slaughterhouse course. I already knew where meat came from. At this point I'd been assisting in surgeries for some time. You'd have to be a complete idiot to not know, especially when you know how to put the critter back together. It's just actually going to the slaughterhouse gave me some very gruesome visuals. We made one trip there and the next day, I freaked out at work. I lost my cooking job (couldn't cook meat), switched to computer sciences courses and only maintained my nursing license so I could help animals truly in need.

I've "gotten over it" as the years have passed, but I still can't eat anything that even remotely resembles an animal. Neither can you, if you'll be dining with me! I'm cooking as a career again, but still occasionally have to leave the meat cookery to one of the junior cooks. Depends on what it looks like.

If the experience effected a grown, albeit still young, woman that badly, what do you think it will do to a child? This would be compounding one cruelty with another, that's all.

~Morg~

Answer 4

I think you need reporting to social services. I do not know what you hope to gain by this venture, but whatever your reason I think you are totally and utterly wrong!

If you are trying to persuade your child to become a vegetarian then I say that you are wrong to impose your own misguided beliefs on a child in such a way. He or she should be able to decide for themselves - when they are ready.

If I remember rightly even Gordon Ramsay had the sense not to subject his children to that kind of "education" and was rather traumatised himself.

Get a life. Child cruelty is a punishable offence. I was made to watch other things by my father and so was my sister and we both still cannot cope with that aspect of life.

Answer 5

Yeah, I guess that is a good idea but only if you have been as open an honest about the world in other matters. Does your child understand economics well? Does he/she have a firm grasp of the history of the emergence of the human species as a technologically endowed centrally governed supercolony? Have you taken her fishing yet, and shown her how fish is cleaned? Has she watched a good TV show about slaughterhouses? Is she agreeable to visiting one?

You probably have a good idea if the child is ready for this, and if this is important.

Answer 6

Maybe you should begin with a field. There's no need to disturb a child with the sights, sounds and smells of the abbatoir. After the field, perhaps a butcher's shop would be sensible. How you explain the gap between the field and the butcher's shop is up to you. I am of the opinion that an abbatoir is no place for a child, and I doubt that they would let you in with a minor anyway.

Merry, Meat-Free Christmas!

Answer 7

why would you want to do that? Im vegan, and decided slowly myself, that what was happening to animals was not what I liked. Shock value doesnt always work the way you may want it to, the child could end up resenting you for, forever having that graffic image in their brain. Talking about something, and explaining what happens is enough, they can decide if and when they want to see this procedure.

Answer 8

I think a better solution would be to tell them you believe in rights for all living creatures. Inform them that several species of animals are raised for the specific purpose of being killed for food and you don't agree with this practice. Therefore you choose to be vegetarian.

To expose a child to this kind of senseless inhumane practice would be traumatic.
Visit peta's website. http://www.peta-online.org/

Answer 9

No not if the child is under 12.

Answer 10

What a SAD question of course not!

Either you just simply leaving questions to WIND people up,
OR
maybe is that what happened to you as a child,
to make you so cynical and warped?!

Answer 11

Take them to a farm. OK, so you're a vegetarian. This doesn't mean you have to traumatise your kids. Take them to A&E to show them what happens if you don't look both ways before crossing the street.