*sigh* Advice?--Karyn

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That is the same situation that I am in. I am vegetarian and very

passionately want my daughter to be understand and be vegetarian,

too. But, her father is a meat-eater and though we never have it at

home (I refuse to buy or cook it), I'm thinking that when she gets

older and sees him eating it at restaurants, she will want a bite,

too I've contemplated NEVER going out to eat LOL But, I know

it'll happen eventually. Right now, he basically goes along with me,

but I know he is the type that will give in if she asks for it.

However I have explained how important it is to me and he really

enjoys my vegetarian cooking. I keep hoping that she just won't like

it because I've already decided that she should be allowed to choose

for herself WHEN she is old enough to understand what she is doing.

My biggest fear is that grandparents and/or dad might encourage her

to eat meat and THAT will really tick me off I wish that everyone

could understand how terrible it is to eat other living beings

This is basically like a religion to me and I get really upset when

people don't respect it as I try to respect theirs.

 

I look forward to seeing how we do in our similar situations

 

Take care,

Michelle

 

, " Karyn " <karyn@3...> wrote:

> This sounds like good advise. My daughter is almost 15 months and

for now we

> can control what she eats. Although my husband is not vegetarian,

he is ok

> with the choice for now, but when she can verbalize and understand

and ask

> for what she wants, she too will be allowed to choose, although

that will be

> hard for me, it is what we feel is right for her. Not fair for her

not to

> be allowed meat when Daddy eats it. Hopefully she will choose

veggy, but

> only the stars above know what will occur!

> Karyn

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> My husband and I have decided that David will be allowed to make

that

> decision when he's around the age of 5. By then he'll be able to

fully

> understand what comes from animals and so forth.

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