# Little kid freaked out on me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080 "2017-03-13T11:02:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/21 "2017-03-13T18:53:11Z")
Just yesterday, I was making pancakes and bacon for the Cub for breakfast. He loves his bacon. Cub: “Bacon come from pigs, right?” Me: “That’s right.” Cub: “Seems unfair for the pig that we kill him for bacon.” Me: “Oh?” [not sure where this is going] Cub: “Fair for us, though!” ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/22 "2017-03-13T19:08:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I suspect that most modern, suburban kids don’t know where ANY of their food comes from-- bread, tortillas, cereal, vegetables… let alone the shock of finding out that we kill animals for food. How WOULD they find this out when all of their food comes out of cans, bottle, boxes, and bags?? They find out because parents and children talk to each other, cook together, sing songs, read books, watch TV shows and all the other ways children learn. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/23 "2017-03-13T19:34:52Z")
Some of the girls in my college dorm: - didn’t want to eat trout because “it’s shaped like a fish! IT’S LIKE A FISH!!!” They were used to living fishes being fish-shaped whereas fish for eating was rectangular and found in the frozen section of the supermarket. - didn’t know asparagus was a root. Freaked out when told. “But how can anybody eat a ROOT? That’s yucky!” We started reciting every root vegetable we could think of… and then things of which you eat the leaves… and stuff that’s trunks… and she kept changing color, it was quite fascinating to watch. - in a different order of things, one of the girls got a question wrong in a geography test. The question was, which of the following countries has a border with Spain. The answer was Andorra. I’ll give you a single choice as to where was she from (hint: not Spain). ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/24 "2017-03-13T19:46:36Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > - didn’t know asparagus was a root. Freaked out when told. “But how can anybody eat a ROOT? That’s yucky!” We started reciting every root vegetable we could think of… and then things of which you eat the leaves… and stuff that’s trunks… and she kept changing color, it was quite fascinating to watch. Asparagus is a shoot, not a root. It sprouts from under ground, but still not a root. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/25 "2017-03-13T19:48:12Z")
“Yes Liam, meat is murder. Delicious, delicious murder.” ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/26 "2017-03-13T19:50:06Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Asparagus is a shoot, not a root. It sprouts from under ground, but still not a root. You don’t eat the ends? In Spanish it’s a _raíz_. Not a _radícula_, but definitely a _raíz_. ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/27 "2017-03-13T19:57:30Z")
I grow asparagus in my suburban garden. It comes back every year. You definitely do not eat the roots. Otherwise it wouldn’t come back. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/28 "2017-03-13T20:00:44Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > I remember the time my dad took me to a rodeo, I would have been about 6. I remember the cowboys roping the calves around the legs and then throwing them onto their side while they looked terrified. I Liam’d out pretty hard. > > (Sorry about your experience, **pk** ) You are describing two different events: Team roping is where one rider ropes the neck/head and the other ropes the rear legs. Both riders stay on their horses. Calf roping is where the rider ropes the calf around the neck, jumps off the horse, throws it on it’s side and ties three of the legs together. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/29 "2017-03-13T20:12:15Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > You don’t eat the ends? In Spanish it’s a _raíz_. Not a _radícula_, but definitely a _raíz_. It’s a sprout that spouts from the existing underground roots rather than the sprout you get from a seed. It will eventually turn into a stem with leaves, etc. It’s kind of like how blackberries and roses and certain trees will “sprout” a new stem from the roots. I think plants like this are said to have “adventitious roots.” ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/30 "2017-03-13T20:27:48Z")
We used to visit friends who went back to the land. They had chickens and they had goats. Their diet pretty much consisted of goat cheese, goat milk, goat jerky, goat pepperoni, chicken, and eggs. So we took the kids there. The first couple of days they were fine with drinking goat milk and eating goat ice cream. (Apparently goat milk is much creamier than cow’s milk. They didn’t know what to do with all that cream. Well, goat butter, of course.) So a couple of days in he asked if the kids wanted to go along to milk the goats. And like a complete idiot I said I thought that’d be nice. Well. Note that the goats milked were in very clean enclosure, and he washed the teats before milking. They weren’t worried about the dirt. My boys would eat food that had been dropped in dirt, no problem. No, the thing was the position on the goat where the milk came out. After that, no more milk. Not at the goat farm, not ever. Well, okay, on cereal, but to just drink? That’s different. But drinking milk was for babies, and baby cows, and baby goats, etc.\* They still ate ice cream and cheese, though. \*Note that my own feelings may color this. This is just exactly how I feel. Milk is for babies, and little kids. Got milk? Then you’d better be four or younger. It really actually kinda grosses me out to see an adult drink milk. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/31 "2017-03-13T20:56:41Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > We used to visit friends who went back to the land. They had chickens and they had goats. Their diet pretty much consisted of goat cheese, goat milk, goat jerky, goat pepperoni, chicken, and eggs. > > So we took the kids there. The first couple of days they were fine with drinking goat milk and eating goat ice cream. (Apparently goat milk is much creamier than cow’s milk. They didn’t know what to do with all that cream. Well, goat butter, of course.) > > So a couple of days in he asked if the kids wanted to go along to milk the goats. And like a complete idiot I said I thought that’d be nice. Well. > > Note that the goats milked were in very clean enclosure, and he washed the teats before milking. They weren’t worried about the dirt. My boys would eat food that had been dropped in dirt, no problem. No, the thing was the position on the goat where the milk came out. > > After that, no more milk. Not at the goat farm, not ever. Well, okay, on cereal, but to just drink? That’s different. But drinking milk was for babies, and baby cows, and baby goats, etc.\* > > They still ate ice cream and cheese, though. > > \*Note that my own feelings may color this. This is just exactly how I feel. Milk is for babies, and little kids. Got milk? Then you’d better be four or younger. It really actually kinda grosses me out to see an adult drink milk. How did everyone handle the “goat” cholesterol? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/32 "2017-03-13T21:06:15Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > - in a different order of things, one of the girls got a question wrong in a geography test. The question was, which of the following countries has a border with Spain. The answer was Andorra. I’ll give you a single choice as to where was she from (hint: not Spain). Liechtenstein? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/33 "2017-03-13T21:16:19Z")
Modern kids are wimps. In the good old days, they’d get taken to the public square to watch the heretics get beheaded. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/34 "2017-03-13T21:43:08Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > \*Note that my own feelings may color this. This is just exactly how I feel. Milk is for babies, and little kids. Got milk? Then you’d better be four or younger. It really actually kinda grosses me out to see an adult drink milk. Where do you draw the line? What about a milkshake that has milk in it? > [@2gigch1](#): > > So what’s your favorite game?" They’re not really going to pin a tail on a donkey are they!!! AAHHH I DON’T WANT THEM TO PIN A TAIL ON A DONKEY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/35 "2017-03-13T21:52:39Z")
I don’t mean to be harsh, but I can’t believe you’re feeling sorry for _yourself_. Poor little kid. He has emotional issues and doesn’t have a grandparent who can come to grandparents’ day, and he gets stuck with a guy who can’t handle the “embarrassment” when he has a meltdown. Which, being an elementary school, probably isn’t that unusual. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/36 "2017-03-13T22:30:03Z")
So, no one told Liam about PETA, or People Eating Tasty Animals? 😃 > [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > \*Note that my own feelings may color this. This is just exactly how I feel. Milk is for babies, and little kids. Got milk? Then you’d better be four or younger. It really actually kinda grosses me out to see an adult drink milk. Sorry about that. I’m 60 and have a bowl of cereal with milk every morning. I also drink at least eight ounces in addition. I love not being lactose intolerant. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/37 "2017-03-13T22:36:05Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > So, no one told Liam about PETA, or People Eating Tasty Animals? 😃 > > Sorry about that. I’m 60 and have a bowl of cereal with milk every morning. I also drink at least eight ounces in addition. I love not being lactose intolerant. I love cereal with milk, but usually have juice of some kind instead of the additional cup. I love not being lactose intolerant. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/38 "2017-03-13T22:42:14Z")
> [@Mallard](#): > > How did everyone handle the “goat” cholesterol? 😛 I don’t even know what goat cholesterol is! But then, I don’t actually know what cholesterol is so… ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/39 "2017-03-13T22:43:17Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Where do you draw the line? What about a milkshake that has milk in it? > … Well, I won’t have one. If I see an adult drinking one I will probably, you know, look away. I won’t eat ice cream. (Not even when I was a kid.) I won’t eat whipped cream. I will eat sour cream on something, like a taco or baked potato. I’ll eat yogurt, I’ll eat cheese. Not much, but cheese is…well, better when I don’t think about it, actually. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080/40 "2017-03-13T23:08:21Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > I don’t mean to be harsh, but I can’t believe you’re feeling sorry for _yourself_. Poor little kid. He has emotional issues and doesn’t have a grandparent who can come to grandparents’ day, and he gets stuck with a guy who can’t handle the “embarrassment” when he has a meltdown. Which, being an elementary school, probably isn’t that unusual. I can see your point, but I see the OP more as saying it was supposed to be a nice event and it would have been wise for the staff to let him know what might happen. Putting myself in that position, I would feel embarrassed and feel sorry for myself in the sense that I did something wrong, but also a little peeved that I wasn’t given fair warning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kid-freaked-out-on-me/782080.md?page=3)