Vegans/vegetarians, if your child wanted to eat meat, would you allow them to?

Question

I'm just curious. Thanks.

Answer 1

Of course not.

People don't need meat for anything.

They still eat it because parents keep raising their kids eating it, then those kids grow up and raise their kids eating it.

Allowing my child to eat meat would be the same as telling him it's okay to hurt and kill animals for no reason.

Answer 2

it's a tricky one... if my child wants to smoke will i allow them too? i don't see much of a difference except that smoking is more accepted in society as being "bad" but it's still accepted... and i see meat as being just as bad and unhealthy.

i think i would make sure they clearly understood what meat is and wehre it comes from and how it's made and whats inside of it.  i would let them try it on my own turf.  i don't want them "giving in" to peer pressure (although it's unavoidable as kids to have that).  i'd let them try it, know what it is and decide. i'd feel better though if when out they ate veg food and buy organic free range type meat for home (my bf eats meat still anyway). i wouldn't not allow if they know waht they're doing and eat healthy.  but i wouldn't be cooking, serving, or buying it (unless my bf chooses to get meat as i mentioned above, which he rarely does anyway).

Answer 3

im only 13 and iv been a vegetarian for 4 months and iv allready decited that if i stay veggie im gonna raise my kids veggie

Answer 4

Yes, I would allow them to eat meat, because it is their own decision. I would educate and keep them open to the idea of a meatless diet, but ultimately it has to be their choice to be a vegetarian.

I would not be able to buy and prepare it though, because of obvious conflict.

Answer 5

I posted about this yesterday.  I want to raise my child vegan, if I have one.  But once that child is no longer a toddler, he is going to be allowed to make his own choices.  I will encourage him to eat the way I do, and I certainly will not allow meat in my home, but my child will be a sentient being upon whom I can impose my rules but not my will.

If my child wants to eat meat, I will take him to his grandparents house.  I'm sure they will be happy to prepare him anything he wants!

Answer 6

yes. but someone else would have to cook it. not me

Answer 7

I wouldn't have animal products in my own house, but if children want to do something, they are probably going to do it. So I would just educate them as best as I could and tell them  that it is unhealthy and unethical. But if they want to eat it, it is their own choice.

Answer 8

i'm 16 and i decided i'm only gunna marry a vegie guy... and if we get kids they gunna be vegie too... till they r 18 and then its up to them... but ONE RULE IN MY HOUSE WILL BE >>>>>>> NO MEAT ALLOWED IN THE HOUSE OR YARD!!   thats the rule with my family and i intent to continue my life living like that!

Answer 9

yes when i do have kids i will let them make there own choices and if they decide to eat meat, more power to them. wonder how it will make me feel though?

Answer 10

I am not vegan but the rule in the house is I make the rules. As long as they live under my roof, then they do what I think is best for them. That;s my job, that's my responsibilty.

If I were a vegan parent, then nothing will change. They probably would be vegan because that's what I would think is best for them.

Good parenting is the real issue not lifestyle.

Answer 11

I don't eat meat and i often think about this. I think i would allow my children to eat meat because i would want it to be their own choice not too...but i do not think i could cook meat for them so there is conflict there...maybe my husband could cook it for them

Answer 12

Yes, I will feed my children meat. I cook meat for my boyfriend and friends who eat over at my house, too! I dont think it is right to 'push' vegetarian/vegan onto someone....but then again I am veggie for reasons other than ethical issues.

Answer 13

yes

Answer 14

siera..stfu. if they want to eat meat let them..its delicious and you should try it

Answer 15

It would depend on how old they were.  Three, no.  Twelve, yes.

My kids will be raised vegan until they're mature enough to make that decision for themselves, or at least old enough to understand the implications of eating an animal.  I wouldn't buy it for them or have it in the house, but if they want to try something offered at a friend's house, that would be their choice.

Answer 16

I would allow them to get a job to earn money to buy the meat, and cook it themselves - it's their choice, but it's also my right not to contribute to cruelty (whether you eat it, throw it in the garbage, cook it or just buy it, you are participating in the cycle of meat farming in my opinion... the cow doesn't care if you 'waste' the meat or enjoy it properly, it's still dead).  

I would never make my children feel bad about it, and if they really wanted to and for instance went to someone else's house and ate meat, that would be totally up to them.  I would hope, however, that understanding why I don't eat meat (not by traumatising them, don't worry!) that they wouldn't want to either.

Answer 17

I would allow them to if that is what they wished. I would raise them in a vegan way and I assure you that I will not be buying the meat or cooking it. But if they wanted to pursue meat eating I wouldn't stop them.

Answer 18

uh.. I would raise them vegetarian, but i don't think i would enforce it. Like if my kid decided he or she wanted it, i wouldnt say no. But you don't miss what you don't have right? for example on Jon and Kate plus 8 they dont give there kids any junk food really except for organic lollipops. They don't SEEM deprived. My husband would have to deal with it i think. I wouldnt be able to cook it for them at. i cna also see major fights about this. Knowing my luck i'll fall in love with like a complete steak, and ribs loving carnivore lmao.

Answer 19

My mom was a vegetarian throughout my childhood.

She was also an advocate of the lifestyle and had a tremendous knowledge of products, recipes, etc.

My father, however insisted on her cooking some meat - even though she was able to wittle that down - and also made sure there was meat in the house.

My mom let each and every one of us kids make an informed decision about what we would eat. She laid out the information for us and let us decide.

This balanced method led some of us to become vegetarian.

Answer 20

Children need to make up their own mind about this type of lifestyle. I think you should allow them to eat what they want as long as majority of the time it is healthy for them.

Answer 21

Not in my house and not with my money but if they are out with someone else, they will make their own choice. It feels much better to make that decision yourself and know that you weren't forced.

Answer 22

Yes, if they were old enough to understand what that meant in some form. If I ever have them, I will probably at least start out raising them vegetarian. Once they are old enough to make that choice, it is theirs to make. I don't have an issue with people eating meat, though. I just don't want to.

Answer 23

I am a vegetarian, my husband and three kids all eat meat. I believe that becoming a vegetarian is a personal choice. I had a teenage co-worker whose parents were vegans and didn't allow him to eat meat. Every lunch break he was eating meat because his parents weren't there to watch him, it doesn't matter if what I believe, just like everything else, kids will make their own choices in life.