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Hi All,

I have a huge request to make of you. I am going through an incredibly vicious

and contentious divorce right now. My not soon enough ex-husband is fighting

for custody of our children because he doesn't want to pay child support. He is

fighting the fact that our children (10 year old quintuplets) are being raised

vegan. We have gone to court twice and mediation once and his lawyer always

brings up the fact that our children have been raised vegan which is detrimental

to their health, can't have " yummy " things to eat, and the most recent, are

failure to thrive. My children's father likes to feed our children things laden

with fat, chemicals, etc... - everything we have not fed them over the last 10

years. He agreed to raising any children we had vegan before I ever became

pregnant - before we ever got married, in fact. Our children have always been

vegan - since conception. Everyone on this list knows that there are plenty of

yummy things to eat on a vegan diet; that's easy to disprove. The failure to

thrive is easy to disprove also since my children's pediatrician is more than

happy with their growth. What I have to do now is come up with documentation

that a vegan diet is a good diet and sanctioned by different organizations. I

have much from Reed Mangels which is what I have pretty much gone on since the

birth of my children and I might add, has never steered me wrong. I have the

position paper from the American Dietetic Association. I can get the stuff

from Veg Family, VRG, PCRM, and all the other obviously pro-veg*n organizations.

What I'm wanting now are studies, papers, etc... from mainstream organizations

that aren't veg*n so that I can show support in that area also. If any of you

have or know of anything like this, would you please let me know? My children's

father will stop at nothing to wipe out all traces of me from our children -

that includes their vegan way of life (he even tries to reform their

personalities when he has them to wipe out any teachings or characteristics that

come fro me). He has gone so far as to try to get their bodies used to dairy,

etc... by feeding them foods with hidden dairy in them when they are at his

house. The result? Every time they come home from his house, they have stomach

aches. Please, anything any of you may be aware of or have, let me know. You

can send it off list if you would like to: dilemma5 Thanx in

advance.

 

God's Peace,

Gayle