Posted by Colleen September 4, 2008
Conversations with a Three-year-old: Sarah McLachlan made my Kid Cry
Have you seen the heart-wrenching Human Society commercial with Sarah McLachlan? You can watch it here. Get some Kleenex and hide your wallet first.
With her hit In the Arms of an Angel playing in the background, and sad pictures of adorable puppies and kittens flashing across the screen, McLachlan pleads with you to send money to help the poor, homeless animals that live in Humane Society shelters.
I love animals. We have two dogs and two cats that are spoiled rotten. But after years of seeing these kinds of tear-jerker commercials, I’m pretty much immune to them.
David on the other had — not so much. After he saw the commercial for the first time he came to me with tears welling up in his eyes, “Mommie, why are those doggies so sad?”
“Because they don’t have a nice home to live in like our pets do.”
“Why?”
“Well, some animals just don’t.”
“Doesn’t anybody love them?”
“Well, sometimes people have pets, and for some reason they can’t take of them anymore. So they take them to the Humane Society. Then the Humane Society takes care of them.”
With the tears trickling down his cheeks,”They’re sad because they don’t have a home, and no one loves them.”
“Sweetie, don’t worry about those dogs and cats. The Humane Society takes good care of them, and they try to find them new homes with people who love them.”
“Mommie, you have to send those dogs money.”
“Well, we’ll see. Why don’t you go tell our dogs how much you love them, so they won’t be sad like the animals on TV.”
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have seen it and teared up too! you gave good advice!
kris
It’s wonderful that he has such compassion! If he sees the commercial again, or if he’s still talking about it today, why don’t you let him earn some money for helping around the house? Then he can send the money to the Humane Society. It doesn’t have to be something big: three year olds can pick up toys, sort out their own clean laundry from mom and dad’s, put dirty clothes down the chute (or take them to the washer), or help clear their dishes after dinner. It will teach him the value of working to help someone else and he will feel SO GOOD about making a difference!