raising kids as vegetarians

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I am not a mother but my husband and I are vegetarians as are our 3 dogs. As far as bringing up children vegetarian, I say it is the same thing as bringing them up in your religion. You teach them your values and along the way they may or may not decide to do the same. It is not wrong just as bringing them to your own church is not wrong. I get comments about my dogs diet but I feed them a high quality dog food, they are healthy and even the vets agree it is a complete food.

 

Good luck to you,

Laura

 

i plan to also raise her as a vegetarian -- i haven't managed to veganize myself yet, so we will be serving mac and cheese in our home. i have had a lot of opposition to raising her as a vegetarian -- i have been told that it is a cruel thing to do to her and that other kids will make fun of her. if i had a husband who was sharing the responsibility of raising her, he would get equal say in what she ate, but he would be responsible for cooking (and cleaning up after) any "dead animal" meals. since i will be the sole parent, i feel that i have to raise her in accordance with my own ethical beliefs. i don't want her to be made fun of, but i don't think i can say "this is what i believe is right, but you do this differently so you'll fi..............