The kids are not being “used” in any way-this is a rural area where kids are used to caring for/working with livestock, including chasing animals around, etc-except for in the town of Bandera and the gated enclaves out here, people live on acreage lots and damn near everyone has livestock of some kind-from chickens and other poultry to goats and cattle-lots of pigs, too-some are pets, but most are not-they are walking pork chops...
Thanks——that’s how my Mom grew up,in very rural Nova Scotia——I get it.:-)
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