Their lives most likely peaked already and they know everything is going to get worse later, so if you really love and care about the child you tell to go away and bully alongside your older children you actually spend time with, then you should let them go. What is the point of growing up as a joke and continuing to be a joke? Living out of spite gets tiring when literally everyone is rooting for you to fail.
You most likely did not want a(nother) child, and that should be no one’s problem. Not yours, and most importantly not the child’s. The child also shouldn’t be tossed in a cruel game of hot potato for the rest of their life where more people abuse and bully them for fun. If everyone wants the kid gone including the kid themselves then what is the issue? Life only gets better for people who are loved and wanted.
You’re not thinking about this from an economic standpoint.
As a child grows, it’s body becomes larger, meaning the body will contain more flesh, bones, fat, etc.
Additionally, once the child is fully grown, its cells do not continue to expand in size, meaning there’s less rapid cellular division - and therefore less risk of cancer.
Not to mention all the labor it could be forced to do over the course of its life.
No, from a purely economic standpoint, I’d have to disagree. Not only will the summation of flesh increase in quantity (and therefore price per pound), but the flesh will become more stable and therefore more valuable.
Once you add in the value of potential labor, it’s of much greater benefit the force a child to live a miserable existence.
Now, if you’re talking about children with traumatic brain injuries or other flaws that prevent them from controlling their bodies? Yeah, they aren’t going to be worth nearly as much so it’s better to use their meat to feed better stock.