Are You Raising Veg Kids?
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NY Times writer Lisa Belkin asks:
How do you explain meat to children? If you eat it, what’s your answer when questioned by your animal-loving kids? And if you don’t, are you raising your children as vegetarians, too?
So, why not go answer? The article is here >>
(By the way, explaining how you’ll raise your kids as vegetarians or vegans counts as “micro-activism” because it’s a super-simple form of veg education.)
I like that last thing you said. I would say any time you speak or write about veganism you’re engaged in consciousness raising. Just letting people know you’re out there is important.
There were some very interesting comments… A few scare me to no end though – The ones that said they “think” their kids know where meat “comes from”. That seems to be the standard for most parents who have a difficult time owning up to the truth themselves.
And I’m curious too with all the information available now on good nutrition, the environment and of course the ethics of killing sentient beings… In 20 or so years, will teens look back on parents who raised them on the “SAD” diet as being irresponsible? Should be an interesting future as the “veg trend” continues to gain acceptance.
.-= Bea Elliott´s last blog ..Klem – 1 Year Veggie! Congratulations!!! =-.
OH! I forgot! This was in the LA Times about a month ago: Vegetarian Kids
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-vegetarian-kids9-2009nov09,0,4108345,full.story
.-= Bea Elliott´s last blog ..Klem – 1 Year Veggie! Congratulations!!! =-.
Our daughters have been vegetarians since birth (8 & 6). They are the only vegetarians in their classrooms but not in the school. We’ve been very open with them about our reasons for not eating meat and we tell them that they are welcome to try meat whenever they want. If they decide to become meat eaters, they will have to fund it themselves. We have made it clear that we won’t keep it at home or buy it for them.
So far they are very staunch vegetarians and aren’t really curious about meat. However, part of that could be how we name things at home. We say “dead cow” instead of “beef”, “dead bird” for “chicken” or “turkey” and “dead pig” instead of “pork”. Our extended family is very supportive of our choices even though they choose to eat meat themselves.