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That the chicken they just ate came from a real chicken?
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Usually the conversation goes something like this.
Dck: what is this?
Me: baked chicken.
Dck: it doesn't look like chicken... I don't like it. I only like chicken nuggets.
Me: it's just like chicken nuggets but without the breading.
Dck: chicken nuggets? Like From McDonalds?
Me: ...Sure. But it's even better than McDonald's chicken.
Dck: ok! (Eats it) this is the best McDonald's chicken nuggets I've ever had!
Me: 😎
Never gotten to the part that it's from a chicken. If I can get them to eat it then I call it a win.Comment
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two of my enrolled kids have parents who are farmers. They TOTALLY get it. The rest----not so much.Comment
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Not chicken, but fish. One of mine said, You mean that is a dead fish on my plate?!Comment
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My son always wants to know what his food is. He's come to the conclusion that a lot of things are cow and a lot of things are chicken. I think it hit home after he took a visit to my brother-in-law's farm and saw chickens. Then later in the week I mentioned we were eating chicken that his uncle gave us.Comment
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I'll never forget when my oldest was like 3, the subject came up about bacon and I told him bacon was pigs. He said, "What! I love pigs!" So here, I got a little worried for his reaction, but then he went on to say, "Pigs are delicious! I eat pigs everyday!". That was unexpected. Here, I thought he was going to be upset. Ha! -CalCareComment
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I am big on if you eat an animal you should respect where it came from, so we make a big point of talking about where the meat we are eating comes from and how it came to be on our plates. I mean, I don't read them The Jungle quite yet
but my 3 children know where different cuts of meat come from on the animals body. My DH's grandma lived on a farm and he's a chef, and I grew up hunting and processing my own meat. So it seems natural. I am not so explicit with dcks, but we talk about being grateful for the farmer who raised the cow, so we can enjoy these delicious burgers 
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I know my son does-my husband is a hunter and my son loves to eat duck and goose (ick-I can't eat either!). When geese fly over our house, my 4 yo yells at his dad to "shoot 'em, shoot 'em!" because he wants to eat them. He had a bit of a hard time with fish because he was a big fan of Nemo, but after seeing the fish before cleaning them, he apparently was able to separate Nemo from a Walleye, because he happily eats Perch and Walleye now.Comment
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Heck, I'm not so sure *I* know where they come from because I surely wouldn't be eating a burger while looking in the big brown eyes of Bessie.
Somehow I have been able to separate that fact from the raw meat in the store.
Sometimes while we're eating we'll have discussions about what animal gives us milk, eggs, hamburgers, etc. I haven't had anyone horrified so I'm thinking they separate it in their mind like I do.
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Considering I've had chicken at least once a week with cute little baby chickens in my house with no problems I guess they either don't make the connection yet or just don't care. My daughter says we keep "pretty" chickens and eat "ugly" ones, so that's how she separates it.Comment
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My son gets it. We were at the store recently and we were walking past the meat section and he yelled "Mom look at all that meat, they are killing everything" ::
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My five year old is just making the connection a few months ago. But my parents have chickens that he plays with, and we just got a pet fish in the daycare.
Both foods are staples at the dinner table. It doesn't seem to be bothering him though.Comment
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