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Originally Posted by Krystee  I work for a before and after school program and one of the kids (he's 7 or 8) said something today that really bothered me. He told me that he wanted to get a dog so he could put a shock collar on it and shock it when it's being bad. I told him that you can train a dog to do things without being mean to them and he goes, "Well, I don't like dogs anyway". It made me sad because he had to learn this from somewhere. I'm assuming his parents don't like animals and that who he got this from. I also find it really disturbing when kids feel the need to hurt animals... I think that can be a really bad sign. |
You gotta love their honesty. I do think this is something that they learn. I worked with kids for years. You'd be surprised what they say. I was even bit by a little boy once because he wanted to. They do weird things. It's a sad thought regardless.