Crunchie
Warren Veteran
I did an animal workshop today which was booked at rather short notice. Anyway I had the bunnies with me and the kids were between 6-12 so I went through my usual speel about giving them loads of room, lots of hay and also that it's a good idea to neuter and spay the rabbits.
The way I put the last fact across was as follows...
Lots of people take their dog or cat to the vet for a wee operation that stops them from having babies and it's a good idea to do this for a rabbit too. A girl bunny can get ill if she doesn't have the operation and both girl and boy bunnies can be very naughty before they have it as well. There's also lots of bunnies all over Scotland that don't have homes so there are too many pet rabbits in the country just now.
That was about as child friendly as I could make it but I got a complaint from a parent afterwards saying I was too preachy and the workshop wasn't meant to be a sex-ed class. I simply said that I would try and make the show a bit more friendly in future but to be honest I'm struggling to come up with a better way of explaining it. I don't really want to leave the info on neutering and spaying out of the presentation given it was a "Looking after Pets" show and I feel it's important. No one else has complained and I've had more than one person proof read my scripts.:? Don't get me wrong if it was nursery aged kids I wouldn't go into as much detail and the stuff I trot out is more in the hope an adult in the room will take note.
Has she got a point or did I maybe just touch a raw nerve?
The way I put the last fact across was as follows...
Lots of people take their dog or cat to the vet for a wee operation that stops them from having babies and it's a good idea to do this for a rabbit too. A girl bunny can get ill if she doesn't have the operation and both girl and boy bunnies can be very naughty before they have it as well. There's also lots of bunnies all over Scotland that don't have homes so there are too many pet rabbits in the country just now.
That was about as child friendly as I could make it but I got a complaint from a parent afterwards saying I was too preachy and the workshop wasn't meant to be a sex-ed class. I simply said that I would try and make the show a bit more friendly in future but to be honest I'm struggling to come up with a better way of explaining it. I don't really want to leave the info on neutering and spaying out of the presentation given it was a "Looking after Pets" show and I feel it's important. No one else has complained and I've had more than one person proof read my scripts.:? Don't get me wrong if it was nursery aged kids I wouldn't go into as much detail and the stuff I trot out is more in the hope an adult in the room will take note.
Has she got a point or did I maybe just touch a raw nerve?