Would You Do This In Front Of Your Children?

[Henrietta]

I'm a meat/fish eater but isn't this not as bad but slightly the same as taking a child to an abattoir?

I've seen in many countries where chickens/snakes/animals are slaughtered in front of the kids with the kids sometimes given roles in slaughter.

Are we too soft here? Should kids know how food gets to their plates from a young age?

[2sp_]

I would cook lobster or mussels in front of my kids. We are very keen on not hiding things like where meat comes from, or death in general, from our children.

I find his swearing in front of his kids more offensive to be honest.

[EcclesCake]

I don't understand why they are filming this, why the water is barely simmering nor why they are removing the bands from the pincers.

It looks like a very juvenile YouTube stunt to me.

[andy-hughes]

What a gorgeous little girl.

What an odious father - he got what he seserved.

[MichaelZZ]

When our kids were growing up we regularly used to drive past an abattoir and although the elder girl knew exactly what it was for, the younger one, who was only about 5 at the time, was quite a sensitive thing and when she asked big sister, "What's that place?" closely followed by, "What's a nabbetwar?"' the answer she got, which satisfied her for many years was, "It's where animals go to have the meat taken out."

[2sp_]

We were at an event recently where they were roasting a pig. Our oldest daughter (4) asked to see it close up, so I took her over. She asked what it was and I said it was a pig, she asked if it was dead and I said yes, she asked why and I said we were going to eat it. She was happy with that.

[woofgang]

nasty youtube stunt. what an unpleasant woman.

[Mosaic]

What a pair of idiots.

[pastafreak]

A bit too much drink in both of them....wonder if the lobster was over done...???

[tamborine]

Water should be bubbling hot before inserting lobsters, crsbs or any live crustacions. It would have been more humane to have frozen them prior to cooking.

ignorant idiots at every level.

[Old_Geezer]

● Not particularly supportive of cooking food alive.

● Have no problem with showing kids real life and allowing them to get used to it. Some is age sensitive of course, but eating animals, no issue.

● Showing them that father is a twit, and mother thinks it funny, probably not the best choice of experience for your kids.