Guest guest Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Hi, Just started on the group. I have a 4 3/4 y/o daughter, adopted from China. We are homeschooling and we've just reached the phase where a lot of cutting and pasting is appealing to her. Does anyone have a resource for vegan glue? Any other " school " products I should be aware of that use animal products? Thanks! I'd also love to hear from any other homeschoolers out there. We live an hour north of Boston. Part of our homeschooling decision is around our lifestyle (food, values, spirituality) as well as politics and the general state of education. Also would love to hear about any families where one partner is vegan for ethical and spiritual reasons (that would be me!) and one for primarily health reasons (that would be my husband!). He makes exceptions for seafood out of the house once in a while. We have baked goods away from home and my daughter has tasted cow cheese on pizza with friends (mostly scraped off but I didn't want her to feel resentful and too " different " ) so we aren't " pure " vegans, but I want to continue to celebrate the choice overall. We're getting more questions from her friends who sometimes think she has an allergy. I haven't want to get into the killing aspect with other people's children, so I've made it more of a benign choice about food and that our choice is to eat food that comes from plants not animals. I'd love to hear how others are dealing with these conversations in and out of their families, especially with young children. Bea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Hi! I have been homeschooling my 15 year old son for 8 years and just began with my 6 year old daughter. It is a good choice given the state of public schools and dietary concerns. There was no alternative food for my daughter besides hot dogs and burgers so I had to provide all food, even in the classroom cooking section. We are not vegan but lacto vegetarian for spiritual reasons. I just tell people that we choose not to eat flesh. If they persist, I will go more into detail but I find that if you tell them you don't eat meat, they will ask if you eat chicken. If you tell them no, they will ask about fish. Then comes eggs which is alot harder to explain because most people don't see them as a life. If you say " flesh " it hits home with most people. Of course, you will still find the ignorant ones who just cannot grasp not killing to eat. I worked in a daycare and the question of why I wasn't eating the same things as the children came up alot. Kids are curious. I just told them that I didn't like meat. Most of the time they would follow suit and turn down meat just because they looked up to me but my daughter would preach to them about killing baby chickens, etc. I wasn't going to stop her! I found that the children usually wanted what we had more than they wanted the meat so a shift started to occur. Many parents would comment about how their kids were changing from wanting McDonald's (the most evil empire ever) to asking for Subway. This was a nice thing to see.Yes your child will want to fit in but when her peers start to envy her lunch, she will feel much better about being " different " . Bea <veggiefamily wrote: Hi, Just started on the group. I have a 4 3/4 y/o daughter, adopted from China. We are homeschooling and we've just reached the phase where a lot of cutting and pasting is appealing to her. Does anyone have a resource for vegan glue? Any other " school " products I should be aware of that use animal products? Thanks! I'd also love to hear from any other homeschoolers out there. We live an hour north of Boston. Part of our homeschooling decision is around our lifestyle (food, values, spirituality) as well as politics and the general state of education. Also would love to hear about any families where one partner is vegan for ethical and spiritual reasons (that would be me!) and one for primarily health reasons (that would be my husband!). He makes exceptions for seafood out of the house once in a while. We have baked goods away from home and my daughter has tasted cow cheese on pizza with friends (mostly scraped off but I didn't want her to feel resentful and too " different " ) so we aren't " pure " vegans, but I want to continue to celebrate the choice overall. We're getting more questions from her friends who sometimes think she has an allergy. I haven't want to get into the killing aspect with other people's children, so I've made it more of a benign choice about food and that our choice is to eat food that comes from plants not animals. I'd love to hear how others are dealing with these conversations in and out of their families, especially with young children. Bea Have a burning question? Go to Answers and get answers from real people who know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 hi bea, we are somewhat in a family like you describe. my husband went vegetarian primarily for health reasons; he has lots of disease in his family...well, don't we all. i went vegetarian primarily for ethical/environmental/spiritual reasons. but i would say that we went vegan together for all of those reasons and more. for my husband the emphasis on health is a little more important to me. i've always said that even if it was an unhealthy diet to be vegan, i would be anyway, for the ethical aspect. our kids are only 20 months and 11 days old, so we haven't run into having to explain our food choices yet. i'm not really sure how that's going to go, especially since i'm sure they will be getting lots of contradictory messages from my in-laws. i want to be very honest with our kids about why we do the things we do, but i do worry a bit about them going out into the social arena armed with lots of rhetoric that won't stand up very well to those uninformed people in the mainstream. i can just see my son sitting down to dinner with my in-laws and asking why grandma and grandpa are eating dead things, especially when it's going to kill them. sigh. On 12/8/06, Bea <veggiefamily wrote: > > Hi, > Just started on the group. I have a 4 3/4 y/o daughter, adopted from > China. We are homeschooling and we've just reached the phase where a > lot of cutting and pasting is appealing to her. Does anyone have a > resource for vegan glue? Any other " school " products I should be > aware of that use animal products? Thanks! > I'd also love to hear from any other homeschoolers out there. We live > an hour north of Boston. Part of our homeschooling decision is around > our lifestyle (food, values, spirituality) as well as politics and > the general state of education. > Also would love to hear about any families where one partner is vegan > for ethical and spiritual reasons (that would be me!) and one for > primarily health reasons (that would be my husband!). He makes > exceptions for seafood out of the house once in a while. We have > baked goods away from home and my daughter has tasted cow cheese on > pizza with friends (mostly scraped off but I didn't want her to feel > resentful and too " different " ) so we aren't " pure " vegans, but I want > to continue to celebrate the choice overall. We're getting more > questions from her friends who sometimes think she has an allergy. I > haven't want to get into the killing aspect with other people's > children, so I've made it more of a benign choice about food and that > our choice is to eat food that comes from plants not animals. I'd > love to hear how others are dealing with these conversations in and > out of their families, especially with young children. > Bea > > > 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.This is a discussion list and is not intended to > provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a > qualified health professional. > > edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health > professional. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 It's hard to know at such an early stage how your child will respond to peer pressure. Some children have no problem stating their needs and sticking to them....others will feel embarrassed or outcast by other children's questions about their diet. And some just won't " get " it until they're older. Those are the ones you have to watch like a hawk when you're around non-supportive people. My mother has been known to slip my younger child meat because she knows she can get away with it. Even at the same age, my older child would loudly proclaim " but I'm a vegetarian, Grandma!! " . My younger one? Less sure of herself, and thus more easily manipulated. She won't disagree if an adult tells her: " try this, it's good for you, you'll like it. " Arrgh. I think I remember a few years back on this list that it seemed most parents said that they introduced the idea of vegetarianism to their kids by emphasizing the " we love animals, we don't kill them " notion rather than discussing nutrition or brutality. In our household, I also point out that most people don't grow up with complete knowledge about what's involved, so it's not surprising that they continue to eat meat. That way, my kids can make sense of why none of their relatives and only a few of their friends are vegetarian. Good luck! Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 I not sure if Bea received an answer to her initial question. If not here is a link for vegan glue from Pangea .. * Finally, an all-purpose glue made without animal ingredients... Carin _____ On Behalf Of Bea Friday, December 08, 2006 9:41 AM Glue Hi, Just started on the group. I have a 4 3/4 y/o daughter, adopted from China. We are homeschooling and we've just reached the phase where a lot of cutting and pasting is appealing to her. Does anyone have a resource for vegan glue? Any other " school " products I should be aware of that use animal products? Thanks! I'd also love to hear from any other homeschoolers out there. We live an hour north of Boston. Part of our homeschooling decision is around our lifestyle (food, values, spirituality) as well as politics and the general state of education. Also would love to hear about any families where one partner is vegan for ethical and spiritual reasons (that would be me!) and one for primarily health reasons (that would be my husband!). He makes exceptions for seafood out of the house once in a while. We have baked goods away from home and my daughter has tasted cow cheese on pizza with friends (mostly scraped off but I didn't want her to feel resentful and too " different " ) so we aren't " pure " vegans, but I want to continue to celebrate the choice overall. We're getting more questions from her friends who sometimes think she has an allergy. I haven't want to get into the killing aspect with other people's children, so I've made it more of a benign choice about food and that our choice is to eat food that comes from plants not animals. I'd love to hear how others are dealing with these conversations in and out of their families, especially with young children. Bea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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