FfFfFfFF 58,083 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 A new study has found that a significant percentage of 4 to 7-year-old children from the United States believe hotdogs, hamburgers, and bacon come from plants. Published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, a team of psychologists asked children to categorize a range of foods, including cheese, french fries, bacon, popcorn, shrimp, almonds, and egg. The responses threw up a number of surprises, including that 47 percent of the 176 participants believed that french fries came from animals. Cheese was commonly misidentified as plant-based, with 44 percent incorrectly identifying its origin. 41 percent believed bacon to come from a plant (we wish) and 40 percent said the same of hot dogs. Even chicken nuggets, which famously have chicken in their name, were misidentified as coming from plants 38 percent of the time. As well as assessing the children's knowledge of the origins of foods, the team looked at what animals and plants the kids believed could and couldn't be eaten, with the majority believing that cows, pigs and chicken are inedible. Sand was considered edible by 1 percent, five times less than the amount who believed cat to be a type of food. By being more open about the source of foods (i.e. telling kids how the sausage was made), and providing more meat alternatives, the team believes children may gravitate naturally towards plant-based foods. Source - https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/40-percent-of-american-kids-think-hot-dogs-and-bacon-are-plants/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mother of Puppies 36,615 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 someone tell those kids please THEY CALL ME LADY MOP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDemonIClingTo 1,018 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 What the phuck do they teach them at school, then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHALLOW 16,469 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyaway 15,350 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 That's how detached we are becoming from reality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlastiscGuy 22,473 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Of course they do... PG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDemonIClingTo 1,018 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Just now, flyaway said: That's how detached we are becoming from our vital system. If that's the way things are, maybe we ought to press the world's reset button one of these days... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glamourpuss 29,080 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 What the hell are these then Don't try to trick me that they don't grow on plants when I've seen them with my own eyes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaUniverse 4,568 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Just now, Glamourpuss said: What the hell are these then Don't try to trick me that they don't grow on plants when I've seen them with my own eyes. The forbidden corn dogs 1# Samoyed Stan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Are you suggesting that they're not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindblown 6,744 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Okay but that source? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 40% of little monsters think ARTPOP act 2 is coming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuffsAhoy 7,433 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 This is a failure on parents to teach their kids basic knowledge. You remind me that it's such a wonderful thing to love. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermioneT 1,998 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 But don't people talk with their kids anymore? What happened to picture books about farms and food? Are there no visits at dairy farms in kindergarten/school in the US? I really struggle to understand how this can happen on such a big scale. Sure, some kids will mix up names or misunderstand something whichcan lead to hilarious thoughts sometimes and there are families who really don't have the resources to teach their kids basics like that, but these should be singular cases not almost 50% of the kids participating! She / hers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriane 22,749 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 32 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said: five times less than the amount who believed cat to be a type of food. I mean, technically... The only GGD member who can read / Credits to Celloo Deng for the profile pic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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