Raising my little one vegetarian

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I am still acquainting myself with the whole veggie lifestyle, so

pardon all the questions.

 

Because i feel strongly about being a vegetarian-health reasons,

animal treatment,etc. I want to raise my daughter to be a vegetarian

as well.To me, anything else, would be like teaching her a different

faith. I know in my heart that I can't feed her meat with a clear

conscience and that I want to wait until she is old enough to make

her own choice.

 

That being said, I am literally the only vegetarian in a large

carnivourous family; including in-laws who are very set in their

ways. They are the type who are known to mock, question and not like

their ways challenged. They love meat big time. I know that my 8

month old daughter is not theirs but i still feel highly awkward and

uncomfortable about how to deal with such relatives during meal time.

 

Or the times I leave her in their care.. how do i properly and

politely tell them not to feed her meat behind my back? I know many

people who think that raising a veggie child is child abuse. this

is very frustrating.

 

any advice on proper veggie etiquette? thanks

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[Guest guest]

Good for you, Marielle. Raising your child in the

healthy humane way is really to be commended.

I know it is not easy to do with uncooperative

omnivorous family members.

 

I am wondering how old your daughter is?

Is she old enough to know why you are feeding her

vegetarian foods? If she is on track with it and has her

own strong desire to live as a vegetarian, she will be

able to tell those relatives NO in a very assertive manner.

 

You just need to be straight with them:

 

1. She is your child.

 

2. You are both vegetarians.

 

3. You love and respect them and their choices, so

they need to show you the same love and respect by

not going behind your back to sneak meat into your

daughter's food.

 

That whole " raising your kid a veg is child abuse "

thingie is for the birds! If they pull that one with you,

just look them in the eye and ask them what they are

really trying to say, bcause if they really knew you and

cared for you then they should know you would

NEVER do anything to abuse your own child.

 

We are always here so you can vent.

Hold firm and be strong.

 

~ PT ~

 

Knowledge manifested, wisdom grows.

Wisdom manifested, spirituality soars.

~ Sri Chinmoy

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, " Marielle " <sfbuc wrote:

>

> I am still acquainting myself with the whole veggie lifestyle, so

> pardon all the questions.

>

> Because i feel strongly about being a vegetarian-health reasons,

> animal treatment,etc. I want to raise my daughter to be a vegetarian

> as well.To me, anything else, would be like teaching her a different

> faith. I know in my heart that I can't feed her meat with a clear

> conscience and that I want to wait until she is old enough to make

> her own choice.

>

> That being said, I am literally the only vegetarian in a large

> carnivourous family; including in-laws who are very set in their

> ways. They are the type who are known to mock, question and not like

> their ways challenged. They love meat big time. I know that my 8

> month old daughter is not theirs but i still feel highly awkward and

> uncomfortable about how to deal with such relatives during meal time.

>

> Or the times I leave her in their care.. how do i properly and

> politely tell them not to feed her meat behind my back? I know many

> people who think that raising a veggie child is child abuse. this

> is very frustrating.

>

> any advice on proper veggie etiquette? thanks

>