Why oh why does this happen?!


Question: Why oh why does this happen!?
Why do vegetarians think raising a child to eat meat is brainwashing!?

its not like we are just feeding the child meat we are feeding them meat and veg!.!.!.which last time i checked is an omnivorous diet!.!.!.and we are omnivores!.!.!.where the brainwashing!?!?!?

if anything vegetarians raising thier children vegetarian is brainwashing as they are stoping an omnivore from having an omnivorous diet through means of subtle propaganda!.!.!.

you get all these veggies saying!.!.!.i raised my child veggie and gave him a choice when he was 12 and we didnt want meat!.!.!.yeah but what they didnt say is that over the 12 years they have slowly conditioned thier child to hate meat and love vegetarianism


do they really think a child is never going to ask why they only eat veg and every1 else eats meat!.!.the parent isnt going to say oh its just my choice!.!.!.!.no they use that as a perfect chance to show them peta videos as to why they dont eat meat!.!.!.!.effectively brainwashing the child

why do they think thats accetable but raising a child to eat meat is brainwashing!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
i agree that it isn't particularly fair to make a decision for your child that they should be making for themselves in later life, and my only concern (if i were a parent) would be that i would feel or worry that i was somehow depriving my child of vital nutrients (iron and good sources of protein) from them at a very important stage of their life, in terms of their growth and development!. other than that i completely respect that every individual has a right to raise their child as they choose (obviously as long as it does not compromise the happiness and wellbeing of that child)!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's not brainwashing, it's just that eating meat is not necessary to sustain a healthy life, and based on the way meat is raised and processed--It could very well be quite unhealthy for you (remember mad cow disease!?) also in the U!.S!.A!. (I can't speak for other countries) we eat far too many meats!.

Too many people in the U!.S!.A!. get stuck in their adolescent ways of eating a terrible diet, and when they grow up they wonder why they have all of these health problems!. It's because of their bad diet and lack of exercise!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

We don't!. Only a small minority do!. It's more often than not the other way round in that people who eat meat and fish think vegetarians are brainwashing their children!. If I had £1 for every time I've been told I'd be damaging my future children's health by bringing them up to be veggies I'd be rich!. People don't bat an eyelid at people who raise their children to follow a religion strictly and without questioning it from birth but think it's detrimental to bring children up without meat or fish!. Having studied cookery for 5 years, I think I can safely say that one can bring up a child perfectly healthily by replacing meat and fish with things like Quorn, soya, tofu, nuts, pulses!.!.!.
You must be illinformed to believe that vegetarians show their children PETA videos and force them to be vegetarians!.
I suggest you get your facts right before coming out with rubish like the words you've just written!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Personally I have never met any vegetarians with this attitude - and I know quite a few!. Maybe it depends on where you live, but I come from a rural area with lots of farms and people accept that we have free choice whether we eat meat or not!.
I think it's very harsh to consider raising children in a certain way of life as "brainwashing"!. Parents decided how to raise their children and so long as they are in a safe, caring environment and not suffering physically from extremes of diet, then they should be left to do things the best way they know!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Why is it such a big deal!? Its your choice weather you eat meat and its your choice weather you feed your childern meat!.
It's none of my concern if you are a veggie or your kids are a veggie just like its none of your concern if im a veggie or not!.
I really dont see why your making such an issue of it!. Even if you do think veggies children are being brainwashed everyone has a free mind eventually and then the choice will be theirs, just like people who raise their kids of omnivors diets can choose to not eat meat if they want!.
I think theres slightly more important things to be worrying about and slightly more serious things our kids could be being brainwashed to believe then meat or no meat!.
Get a grip!.
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