forcing a child to eat meat/ 4 year old

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I just wanted to say that I totally agree with those on this list

who were forced to eat meat and even hid bites in their mouth to

spit out in the toilet!

But I wanted to ask - it seems to me - that telling your child she

may NOT eat meat is a LOT less objectionable than forcing her to eat

meat when she doesn't want to. She can always eat meat later, but

we can't un-eat something we were forced to eat. not really. i

think it's more of a forbidden fruit issue to keep meat away, but

doesn't compare to the feelings we had when forced to eat meat.