I just want to say, I love your kid
he learned how to work the system.. it's not always a problem when people feel things passionately, it also gives them the energy to make changes.. please give him a hug for me, my DS almost 10 still freaks out if someone tries to kill a bug in front of him..but at the same time, he doesn't have a problem feeding the odd tomato hornworm to our chickens. But it's also hit or miss, sometimes he will determine that he doesn't want to feed the tomato hornworm to our chickens, and will want me to put it in a jar so he can raise it to eat more of my vegetables...*sigh*. My child generally objects to senseless killing, not giving bugs to their natural predators for a snack.
