Digest Number 453

[Guest guest]

Clare, I adopted two children 4years old and 7 years old who ate meat 3 meals

a day. I told them how I feel about killing animals so people can eat them!

We told them that as a family, we would not eat meat. Our extended families

would be most likely eating meat, but we would politely say no thank you if

asked. The 4 year old boy who is now 8, had no problem with that and tells

all his friends he is vegetarian and proud of it. The 7 year old girl, had a

lot more questions, and I think even ate pepperoni pizza at a friends house

pretty early on, has come a long way though, and now will absolutely refuse

anything with meat. I know this isn't much of an answer, but I hope it

helps.

> " clare12341234 " <clare1234

> resistant 5 year old

>

> When my husband and I went veggie just under a year ago, we decided

> that while we'd encourage our 5 year old not to eat meat, we wouldn't

> insist on it. We don't bring meat into the home, but at restaurants

> or at friends' homes we do allow him to eat non-beef meat which he

> eagerly accepts. At first this felt ok, but now I'm becoming very

> uncomfortable with it since we seem to be sending him a mixed

> message. It also creates an opening for skeptical family members to

> encourage meat-eating. DH is concerned that if we turn meat into

> the " forbidden fruit " , it will become all that more appealing to our

> son. He believes that our example will eventually win over.

>

> I'd love to hear the group's opinion and personal experiences with

> this issue. Thank you!

>

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Karen - RE: Significant Others -- Right now, the organization that is

responsible for public school lunches is considering having soy milk as an

alternative to dairy milk. I am sorry I forget the name of the org. Perhaps

by the time your child is school age, the will have it in the school

cafeterias. Good luck, my kids drink soy milk all the time. Tracy