If a 13 year old veg*n child of veg*n parents wanted to eat meat?!
Answers: ...and his/her parents were not allowing it. What would you say to the teen?
I would have to say he/she should abide by their parents rules, I may not agree with it but thats not my child. I'm sure to the parents it would be the same as giving their child alcohol or a cigerette.I know if i forbid my kids to do something and somebody comes along to encourage them to do it anyway me and that person would have a problem.
I'd slip her a burger
yea slip her a burger everyone deserves to hav a burger!!!!
go ahead. eat it. you know you want to. one bite won't hurt. just do it. mhmh its so juicy and tasty. "sounds like a devil"
xD
Two all beef patties,
special sauce,
lettuce,
cheese,
pickles,
onions ,
on a sesame seed bun....
How could they resist ?
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I would tell them to talk with their parents. Vegetarianism is a belief that people commit to themselves. It is a way of life, but it's not a religion. People who are vegetarian are quite tolerant because they live in a nation where meat is one of the main staples of the diet. I know quite a few people who have children who eat meat. In fact, I also know of a few couples where one is a vegetarian and the other is not. Talk with your parents first and ask them if you would be able to introduce meat into your diet. You understand their viewpoints as a vegetarian, but you would prefer to have your own choices when it comes to food. If they were not accepting of the idea, then it would probably be best to stick with what they have decided, in the house. This all also depends on whether or not you've had meat before. (have you had meat at all before?) If your parents do decide to allow you to incorporate meat into your diet, make sure you do it slowly, don't go out and eat a 1/2 lb hamburger all at once. People's digestive systems adapt to their particular diet, and a large amount of meat all at once put into the stomach of someone who's been a vegetarian for such a long time might have a bad reaction (upset stomach, etc.)
We are a vegetarian family with a thirteen year old vegetarian child who does not want to eat meat. If she did, i think i'd suspect it was to do with teenage rebellion. Leaving that aside though, the health aspects of it mean that i think of it as similar to the child starting smoking, i.e. not advisable and with long term consequences for her well-being. I also think she'd probably end up making herself very ill in the short term because her digestive system wouldn't be used to it.
It's not so much an animal welfare issue as a health one. Would you offer a thirteen year old a cigarette or other drugs because her parents weren't allowing it?
I would tell that teen that they should make their own decisions, and discuss their reasons with their parents.
Slight whiff of hypocrisy - FlexitarianVegan says he'd congratulate the teen for being clever; many times when teenage veg*ns or would-be veg*ns have posted saying their parents are against them going veg*n FV has chided them for disrespecting the adults who've brought them up and fed them and who pay for their food. Bigotry or concern for the child and/or their parents? You decide.
At your age, your parents know best. You can ask them if they might want to consult a nutritionist to see if you are getting the proper nutrition that you need. Always ask, never make demands. And their word is final until you are old enough. I say that to any minor who wants to make lifestyle changes which may have potential adverse consequences
cook her a very good med. rare steak with some mushrooms and a baked potato w/lots of butter. then welcome her happy return from the dark side.
what goes on out side the house you dont know.
First of all, any child living under his or her parents' roof has to abide by the parents' rules. This is so whether the child finds herself in the scenario you outline, or the opposite, living with meat-eating parents who just will not have a vegetarian child.
But frankly, I think forcing the issue of diet, as long as the child has good nutrition, is making too big a deal of it. Stress less, give up some control, use your capacity for empathy and educate yourselves as to just how healthy a meatless diet can be is what I'd say to the parents of such a child. Regardless how your question was put, it's the parents who need the wisest possible counsel, since they are the ones making up and enforcing rules, and not the child. Because they are "in charge" doesn't free them of the responsibility of being fair, as the word is commonly understood, and being well-informed.
Peace
The answer of flexi-vegan is pathetic. It seam that he is just spending all his time on this QandA site to trying to turn to ridicoulous the people who have the courage of being different and more concerned by the suffering of others.
Anyway, as a vegan and futur parent, I will say that I wont disallow my child to do his own experience. I will try to expain why I think its a wrong choice but I wont disallowing. But I will not buy any meat for him (or her). If he/she want eat meat, he/she will do it by him/herself (responsability). To the teen I will say (if its not my child and the parent are not allowing) to have talk with them. To explain to the parents that he want do his own choice and experience. I will also tell him that in my point of view, eating meat its same as exploiting and killing sensitives beings. I will let him know that he is free to have his decision, but that I wont agree with him. BUt I will also tell him/her that I wont judge or less love him/her.
Id give her some chicky nuggets and chocolate milk.
Im veg, but I believe if you want to eat meat, you should.
As long as he/she is in the parents as a child, that child should respect and obey the parents rules. After the child becomes an adult and lives on his/her own then meat can be added to his/her diet if he/she so wishes.
I would discuss it with them but there would never be any meat in my house.
If you can provide for yourself, do it. Same as the other way around.
i think that is as bad as carnivore parents not allowing their child to be vegetarian.
it's the kids choice, and as long as they are healthy then let them do what they want.
I would congratulate the teen for being the smartest one in the family.