“ that any critter that has a name is safe from becoming Sunday dinner.”
My Iowa farm experience was different .
My daughter had a bottle calf we bought her to raise and exhibit at the county fair.
She did a good job with “Blackie” ( he was black angus )
Blackie grew well and the next summer he went to the locker plant and was turned into steak and hamburger.
I must have been a terrible dad !
Different families, different family rules...