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Mama_to_Grace
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 Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:40 am Post subject: Re: Theory of Mind |
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| Chronos wrote: | | I also understood my cat, and most other animals as well, were sentient beings. The issue was I did not always catch the non-verbal body language that was meant to communicate to me the status of others in certain situations, nor did the concept of what others thought of me occur to me much. |
My daughter loves our cat Sophie, calls her "her cat", and loves on her a lot. But I also catch her being mean to her at times. I've caught her holding the cat dangling by her front legs and I've caught her squeezing her. When I tell her not to do that she acts like she doesn't think it hurts the cat. How can I get her to understand what hurts the cat?--the cat screaming doesn't seem to make the point. Either she doesn't understand it hurts the cat or she is purposely mean to the cat-I need to find out which one it is. |
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League_Girl
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 2:08 pm Post subject: Re: Theory of Mind |
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| Mama_to_Grace wrote: | | Chronos wrote: | | I also understood my cat, and most other animals as well, were sentient beings. The issue was I did not always catch the non-verbal body language that was meant to communicate to me the status of others in certain situations, nor did the concept of what others thought of me occur to me much. |
My daughter loves our cat Sophie, calls her "her cat", and loves on her a lot. But I also catch her being mean to her at times. I've caught her holding the cat dangling by her front legs and I've caught her squeezing her. When I tell her not to do that she acts like she doesn't think it hurts the cat. How can I get her to understand what hurts the cat?--the cat screaming doesn't seem to make the point. Either she doesn't understand it hurts the cat or she is purposely mean to the cat-I need to find out which one it is. |
How old is your daughter? I was mean to pets up until I was in my preteens before I understood. I know most kids know better at that age but some don't. Even nine year olds understand too and seven year olds. |
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Mama_to_Grace
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: Theory of Mind |
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| League_Girl wrote: |
How old is your daughter? I was mean to pets up until I was in my preteens before I understood. I know most kids know better at that age but some don't. Even nine year olds understand too and seven year olds. |
She's almost 9. |
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Chronos
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Theory of Mind |
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| Mama_to_Grace wrote: | | League_Girl wrote: |
How old is your daughter? I was mean to pets up until I was in my preteens before I understood. I know most kids know better at that age but some don't. Even nine year olds understand too and seven year olds. |
She's almost 9. |
I would show her an x-ray of the cat and tell her "See how thin the bones are? You're very strong and you might accidentally break them and then we will have to euthanize her, so have to be very gentle with the cat so she doesn't die." |
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