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Talking to your kids about skipping the circus this year

Okay, you realize the the circus is rampant with cruelty but how do you talk about with your kids. Do you just bite your tongue and take your kids? Or do you decide that your kids deserve the truth. But how do you break it to them? First, realize that the hardest part is finding a way to tell them. Once they know, you will not have to worry about them still wanting to go to the circus.

Of course, you're not going to show your young child the graphic YouTube footage in the right hand column of the page. So, how do you do it? Well, there are a few resources out there. ASPCA has an entire kids' site, called Animaland, and there is a page that discusses circuses.

Scheduling another activity your kid would enjoy will help alleviate the angst of having looked forward to the circus for weeks or months and all of a sudden not going.

What better way to teach your child how to make compassionate and principled choices than by making those choices together.