Some say (slight hyperbole), āTeaching a child to not step on bugs is as valuable to the child as it is to the bug.ā So I think there is some mainstream caring about bugs.
Perhaps, but I suspect they care a lot more about building empathy and compassion in children than they do about the actual well-being of bugsāIād imagine that avoiding stepping on them is more of a means to an (anthropocentric) end.
Some say (slight hyperbole), āTeaching a child to not step on bugs is as valuable to the child as it is to the bug.ā So I think there is some mainstream caring about bugs.
Perhaps, but I suspect they care a lot more about building empathy and compassion in children than they do about the actual well-being of bugsāIād imagine that avoiding stepping on them is more of a means to an (anthropocentric) end.