Change the Subject
I was the Sunday school teacher at my church for preschool to second-grade kids. A girl I didn’t know came in with her friend one Sunday. I don’t remember the lesson, but I was asking the kids about pets. This little girl said she USED to have hamsters, so I asked if her mom rehomed them.
She states, “No, they died.” I asked her if they’d just passed from old age, to which she said, “No, I did it” in a very matter-of-fact way.
I was a little shocked, but I quickly thought of a likely reason. I asked her if it was an accident, and if she maybe just hadn’t learned how to hold them properly, all the while reassuring her that it wasn’t her fault and that she shouldn’t blame herself.
Her response? “Oh, no. I drowned them. Just to watch.” I had no idea how to follow up with that, and I’m pretty sure I just tried to change the subject. Story credit: Reddit / psychRNkris