Honest questions for vegans/vegetarians?!
Honest questions for vegans/vegetarians?
Would you allow your child to eat meat if they wanted to. If they did their research, and made a decision to eat meat, would you allow them to?There is a lot of support on here for young kids that want to go vegetarian, with out parrent support. I was just wondering what your views are the other way around
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My 12 year old daughter is a vegetarian by choice. We live a vegan lifestyle, with the exception of consuming meat from our pampered cow, who glady gives up her extra and would become engorged if she were not milked, and she eats eggs from happy chickens-again, they give up the eggs gladly, and the eggs would just go to waste if left lying on the ground. We have no guilt issues with this way of doing things. She knows, that any time she makes a choice to eat meat, she is more than welcome to do so. She has shown me that she is responsible enough to make decisions for herself. As a courtesy to me (I CANT eat meat, due to allergies) she (her idea) said that if she ever wanted to, she would eat meat when she is at her Nana's house, or out with her daddy. She has been veggie for over 3 years. About a year and a half ago, she ate a small piece of chicken at her Nana's house (Nana "snuck" the meat into a casserole, thinking she was doing something wise (we had major issues over this) Anyway, my daughter did not even KNOW she had eaten meat, but became quite ill just after eating. It wasn't until I questioned what was in the casserole that the truth came out. My point here, is yes, I would allow her to eat meat, and I think parents should give kids options-they are often wiser than adults. If my mother had allowed me to not eat meat when I was little (it made me feel bad, long before I ever considered animal cruelty issues) then I would likely not have developed such severe allergies to meat in my adult life. Kids instincts are often correct-mine certainly were.
EDIT:!! a very alert and kind user pointed out that I said I use MEAT from my beloved cow. I meant MILK of course, which I churn into raw butter and make homemade cheese with. Pardon my faux paux, I would NEVER eat my beloved Abigail! sorry for any confusion!
My kids do eat meat.
They are 9 and 11 years old, and if they want meat, I do not feel it is my right to tell them no. They are very good natured about my veggie food and the eat it and like much of it, but if we are somewhere that Pepperoni pizza is served and they want to eat it, who am I to say no?
I am not a Vegetarian by RELIGION, only by choice.
Good luck
I would allow them to eat the meat that has good reports but I would also make them a lot of veggies because too much meat isn't good. Anyway kids should have the choice to eat whatever they want but in a since where they can eat wisely. If you let your child eat too much they can get taken away and I don't think you want that to happen. But still i would do my research and help them chose what they get but I would also balance their diet!
Yes, I would raise my children vegetarian, and when they are old enough to start being around meat, I would explain why our lifestyle is the way it is and answer any questions. I want to make sure they understand where the other kids' "lunches" are coming from when they wonder why they aren't getting lunch on burger-day.
When they are older they can make the decision to eat meat just as they could choose to follow a particular religion or have a particular major in college. It is their life; all I can do is try to instill the values and lifestyle I believe in and support them in their choices.
My children (16 and 20) have been vegetarians all their life and became vegan a few years ago. They have eventually tried meat at some point in their life and didn't like it.It was their choice to become vegans after all and they are happy about it. If any of them would ever decide to change back to whatever, why not?
the way I feel death, if they wanted to eat meat, it would have to be humanily treated and killed, organic also =D I try to get my husband to be like that.
hope that makes sence to meat eaters
Both of my children ages 30 and 24 have been vegan's since birth ... parents are supposed to guide their children in the way they believe is right to live hopefully after thought and facts ... ..I wasn't raised a vegetarian (decided to become one at 15 for moral reasons) Once they became teenagers I was not with them when they went out , deciding what to eat was their choice outside the home ..but what you are asking is strange for this reason ..to my sons to eat meat would be like you eating your dog or cat or pet parakeet.. they knew what meat was and where it came from ...but No I would not have stopped them ..I am glad to say that my older son married a vegan and my 2 1/2 year old grandson is vegan .... and my younger son's girlfriend have all become vegetarians and stayed that way even after they stopped dating....
My kids all eat meat, but i don't, I cook for them though
I would allow them to, but i would never provide it for them myself. they would have to have it at school, at a friend's house, etc. It's very much like religion. If someone raised their child christian, they shouldn't force the child to stay christian if he really doesn't want to, but you wouldn't expect the parent to provide the children with literature promoting other religions.
my kid will eat anything he wants, and if he does not eat meat, then i won't discard him
eating meat is not wrong, if you have no knowledge of right and wrong.
I am 14 and the only one in my family who doesnt eat meat (i do eat fish at the moment). My parents said they respect my desicion, but some people in my family are very against it, but they just have to DEAL with it!!!!!!
I would bring my child up eating a samll amount of meat, to nesure they get the protein etc they need, but i would give them little so they could easily give it up if and when they realise what happens to animals.
I dont have kids becuase i am a kid haha, but no, I don't think i'd let my kids eat meat. I'd be EXTEMELY upset if they ever did.
I would only let my kids eat meat that's cruelty-free, but still serve plenty of vegetables and vegan stuff.
They would have to be vegetarian until I felt they were old enough to make the decision for themselves.