Why would any rational parent force a child to gut a fish if that clearly upset or grossed out the child?
Wait a year. Wait two years. Let them grow into it.
Unless the parent believes that civil society is going to collapse tomorrow, what difference does it make?
None!
Because letting a child out of something just because it upsets them is the wrong life lesson.
When I was in my teens I had to clean a gas station restroom nightly. It upset me and it was gross. I still had to do it or I would not get paid. If I did not get paid I would be sleeping under a bridge and fishing for my supper.
So I cleaned the restroom.
That is the way life is.
I think you’re right. There are plenty of ‘life skills’ we can teach children until they’re ready to take on others.
Grown women get grossed out by gutting a fish, stepping on a spider, etc. It is never too early to start them on their journey to being a responsible adult.
Because it is a good thing to do.
I would say 90% percent of children say No to a new experience when asked.
The large majority do not have a problem once they are done.
Telling your kids to do something they don’t want to. Sets a good life lesson.
Of sometimes one has to do, what one has to do.