Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 Hi! Just wanted to share a word about Veggie Tales. We have all of them and I'm racking my brain but I can't think of any that contain anything a Jewish family would be opposed to. Most are either telling a story focusing on a particular vice or virtue (eg. greed, selfishness, fear, kindness, etc.) or are adorable reenactments of Old Testament happenings (eg. Daniel and the lions, David and Goliath, Esther, etc.). The only New Testament reference I can think of is a rhyming story of the Good Samaritan. There's also another video called 321 Penguins by the same company. It teaches about patience and it's hilarious. Just to let you know, even though they're " veggie tales " , they have nothing to do with vegetarianism and some of them do contain some references to non-vegetarian food. Anyway, our whole vegan family loves them! andrea > > > > Digest Number 364 >6 Mar 2002 14:43:36 -0000 > >For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at >http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to >http://www.vrg.org/family. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 Hi all- I'm not sure if this is how you post a message but I have a question for all of you parents with vegetarian toddlers. I have a one year old that has recently started a daycare center. In three months he will be moving to the toddler room where they have " family style " meals where the food is all laid out on the table and the toddlers are encouraged to feed themselves. I discussed with the program coordinator that our family is vegetarian and he should not have any of the meat and I will either bring vegetarian meat substitutes, some other alternative or the center will provide the substitute. She seemed happy to accommodate us but she did raise an issue that I am a little confused about how to handle and wanted to ask for some other opinions. She asked how to handle it if he doesn't understand why he can't have what the others are having. I thought he would be delighted to have his own special meal but she brought up the fact that part of this time is social and when they are all digging in, to stop him and tell him he can't have something may upset him. I fell very strongly that I want him to remain a vegetarian like his parents but as a new mom, I am unsure about how you reason with a 15 month old and I don't want to damage his self esteem either. How have other parents of toddlers in daycare handled this? Thanks, I look forward to hearing your responses! Yamani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2002 Report Share Posted March 8, 2002 Yamani; being different will not hurt your self esteem .I actually believe it will build character. Eating meat will make him sick. What if he were diabetic and every one had candy at snack time. Would we allow him to have candy too. Although it would be dangerous? Well this is the same situation. Meat causes many diseases.If the people that choose to eat meat donot want to recognize these facts that's their business. If you don't want to engage it a lot of dialogue about the diet merely state this is our religion. That stops all conversation. Also by claiming it as religon the folks at the day care will be more in tune to repecting your wishes. Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2002 Report Share Posted March 8, 2002 I would think it's pretty hard to reason with a 15 month old, and explain why he can't eat something that other kids are eating. At 2 to 3 years old, they would be able to understand that a food is not vegetarian because it's an animal, but before then, that would be tough. I would wonder how this day care handles food allergies. I mean, if a kid is allergic to dairy or nuts or something, obviously that child can't eat some of the foods on the table. I would use that basic approach until my child is old enough to comprehend what foods are veg and what are not. There's nothing wrong with you wanting to " enforce " the vegism while your child is so young, and you shouldn't give in on that. Yamani Johnson-Taylor [yamani] Wednesday, March 06, 2002 12:41 PM RE: Digest Number 364 Hi all- I'm not sure if this is how you post a message but I have a question for all of you parents with vegetarian toddlers. I have a one year old that has recently started a daycare center. In three months he will be moving to the toddler room where they have " family style " meals where the food is all laid out on the table and the toddlers are encouraged to feed themselves. I discussed with the program coordinator that our family is vegetarian and he should not have any of the meat and I will either bring vegetarian meat substitutes, some other alternative or the center will provide the substitute. She seemed happy to accommodate us but she did raise an issue that I am a little confused about how to handle and wanted to ask for some other opinions. She asked how to handle it if he doesn't understand why he can't have what the others are having. I thought he would be delighted to have his own special meal but she brought up the fact that part of this time is social and when they are all digging in, to stop him and tell him he can't have something may upset him. I fell very strongly that I want him to remain a vegetarian like his parents but as a new mom, I am unsure about how you reason with a 15 month old and I don't want to damage his self esteem either. How have other parents of toddlers in daycare handled this? Thanks, I look forward to hearing your responses! Yamani For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2002 Report Share Posted March 8, 2002 Yamani~ I am quite sure that you cannot " reason " with a 15 month old, that sounds like a terrible exercise in futility to me! I am also not sure how you could dissuade him from eating prepared meat that is laid out family style. If I were you I would look for another child care setting, this issue may just be too much for you or the director to handle unless he is willing to go veg. But if you decide to make a go of it and the director tries to keep your curious toddler from meat day after day with something like " you don't eat meat " while all the other kids do... your child won't understand why he is different, and he will probably eventually try the meat. You have to be prepared for that eventuality. Then you will be angry and the supervisor will be angry at the added responsibility of keeping your child away from meat (and who knows what the ramifications of that are...) and I just think it will not end well. Sorry to be such a doomsday mom but I have had a lot of experience in this area. My best to you and let us know how it turns out. Bonnie (PS my 2 yo constantly tries to steal the bacon off my dh's dish when we go out to breakfast. She thinks it's funny when I say we don't eat meat. She says " no IIII eat meat " . See what I mean about inability to reason? LOL!!) , Yamani Johnson-Taylor <yamani@g...> wrote: > > > Hi all- > I'm not sure if this is how you post a message but I have a question for all > of you parents with vegetarian toddlers. I have a one year old that has > recently started a daycare center. In three months he will be moving to the > toddler room where they have " family style " meals where the food is all laid > out on the table and the toddlers are encouraged to feed themselves. I > discussed with the program coordinator that our family is vegetarian and he > should not have any of the meat and I will either bring vegetarian meat > substitutes, some other alternative or the center will provide the > substitute. She seemed happy to accommodate us but she did raise an issue > that I am a little confused about how to handle and wanted to ask for some > other opinions. She asked how to handle it if he doesn't understand why he > can't have what the others are having. I thought he would be delighted to > have his own special meal but she brought up the fact that part of this time > is social and when they are all digging in, to stop him and tell him he > can't have something may upset him. I fell very strongly that I want him to > remain a vegetarian like his parents but as a new mom, I am unsure about how > you reason with a 15 month old and I don't want to damage his self esteem > either. How have other parents of toddlers in daycare handled this? > > Thanks, I look forward to hearing your responses! > > Yamani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2003 Report Share Posted May 11, 2003 Some of us have learned to walk between the drops. On Sunday, May 11, 2003, at 04:39 AM, wrote: > Aren't most vegetables rained on??? > Like water, the sage should wait for the moment to ripen and be right: water, you know, never fights: it flows around without harm. ~Lao-tzu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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