My dd9 has always shown a STRONG medical field interest. We've supported this as there are many Dr.'s/scientists on dh's side. He's the weird one with a PhD in English. She is very into science experiemnts, etc. She has various things growing, etc. in her room, it's scary really, lol!
So yesterday dh was out "getting rid of squirrels," we're overrun here and dd requested to see if they could look inside the squirrel. My dh is VERY squeamish about this sort of thing, but talked her through a dissection (gloves/mask) and video-taped it. She was very scientific with the whole thing identifying the organs and such. Dh had to work hard to not throw up!
I'm just wondering if this is weird for her age? She is a super animal lover and also very girly, hard core ballet, etc. I'm not one to discourage exploration, but I was a little creeped out. Maybe it was just not somethng I would have done. I'm not sure I should encourage her to tell her friends. Please tell me someone else's kid loves dissection!