Reporter seeks to interview vegetarian parents

[Guest guest]

Hello,

 

VRG has received an email from a reporter who is looking to

interview vegetarian parents. Here's how she described the premise of her

article:

 

" Even parents who are staunch vegetarians often wonder if a meat-free

diet can provide all the nutrients their growing children need. I

would like to offer a practical guide to raising vegetarian children

that addresses the special nutritional challenges at four stages of

life: infants, preschoolers, older children, and teenagers. I'd also

like to discuss things such as packing a vegetarian school lunch and

helping children choose veggie options in the school cafeteria, and

times when parents might want to ask the family doctor about

supplements. I also want to include a sidebar on what happens when

teens in a meat-eating family decide to go meatless, with quick tips

for parents who find themselves in this situation. "

 

She would like to conduct the interview via phone or email either this

week or next.

 

If you are interested in talking to this reporter, please send an

email to me at johnc.

 

John

Moderator, VRGParents

[Guest guest]

This parent has never wondered that...

 

johncvrg <johnc wrote: Hello,

 

VRG has received an email from a reporter who is looking to

interview vegetarian parents. Here's how she described the premise of her

article:

 

" Even parents who are staunch vegetarians often wonder if a meat-free

diet can provide all the nutrients their growing children need. I

would like to offer a practical guide to raising vegetarian children

that addresses the special nutritional challenges at four stages of

life: infants, preschoolers, older children, and teenagers. I'd also

like to discuss things such as packing a vegetarian school lunch and

helping children choose veggie options in the school cafeteria, and

times when parents might want to ask the family doctor about

supplements. I also want to include a sidebar on what happens when

teens in a meat-eating family decide to go meatless, with quick tips

for parents who find themselves in this situation. "

 

She would like to conduct the interview via phone or email either this

week or next.

 

If you are interested in talking to this reporter, please send an

email to me at johnc.

 

John

Moderator, VRGParents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Yeah, exactly. I wonder about the built-in biases of a reporter who starts out

his request by stating (as if it were true): " Even parents who are staunch

vegetarians often wonder if a meat-free diet can provide all the nutrients their

growing children need. " No, we don't. We do our research, unlike most parents

who serve the SAD without question, but we don't " often wonder " . We know we're

doing the right thing for our kids. We wonder about all those

dead-animal-eating kids who aren't getting a healthy diet!!

 

 

robin koloms <rkoloms

 

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:05:53 PM

Re: Reporter seeks to interview vegetarian parents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This parent has never wondered that...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Ditto... except for the time my daughter wouldn't eat anything but pasta. But

that's over with.

 

robin koloms <rkoloms wrote: This

parent has never wondered that...

 

johncvrg <johnc wrote: Hello,

 

VRG has received an email from a reporter who is looking to

interview vegetarian parents. Here's how she described the premise of her

article:

 

" Even parents who are staunch vegetarians often wonder if a meat-free

diet can provide all the nutrients their growing children need. I

would like to offer a practical guide to raising vegetarian children

that addresses the special nutritional challenges at four stages of

life: infants, preschoolers, older children, and teenagers. I'd also

like to discuss things such as packing a vegetarian school lunch and

helping children choose veggie options in the school cafeteria, and

times when parents might want to ask the family doctor about

supplements. I also want to include a sidebar on what happens when

teens in a meat-eating family decide to go meatless, with quick tips

for parents who find themselves in this situation. "

 

She would like to conduct the interview via phone or email either this

week or next.

 

If you are interested in talking to this reporter, please send an

email to me at johnc.

 

John

Moderator, VRGParents

 

Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.

 

[Guest guest]

I agree. After a week vacation with our meat eating friends, 2 other sets of

parents of 5 year olds agreed, my son has the healthiest diet of all 3 boys.

 

ERB <bakwin wrote: Yeah, exactly. I wonder about the

built-in biases of a reporter who starts out his request by stating (as if it

were true): " Even parents who are staunch vegetarians often wonder if a

meat-free diet can provide all the nutrients their growing children need. " No,

we don't. We do our research, unlike most parents who serve the SAD without

question, but we don't " often wonder " . We know we're doing the right thing for

our kids. We wonder about all those dead-animal-eating kids who aren't getting a

healthy diet!!

 

 

robin koloms <rkoloms

 

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:05:53 PM

Re: Reporter seeks to interview vegetarian parents

 

This parent has never wondered that...

 

 

[Guest guest]

I also take some offense to the reporter's opening statement. I've

never wondered " if it can " but I must admit that at times I have been

concerned about whether or not I'm doing everything right. That is

where nutritional books and info-sharing groups like this one becomes

very helpful So far he is a very smart and healthy 2 1/2 year old

so I must be doing it right!

 

 

Hilary

 

, robin koloms <rkoloms wrote:

>

> This parent has never wondered that...

>

> johncvrg <johnc wrote: Hello,

>

> VRG has received an email from a reporter who is looking to

> interview vegetarian parents. Here's how she described the premise of

her article:

>

> " Even parents who are staunch vegetarians often wonder if a meat-free

> diet can provide all the nutrients their growing children need. I

[Guest guest]

I agree too. It's already set up to sound like we don't know what we're

doing - I can only imagine how our words would be twisted (though I'd have

to say I don't know if that is what would happen).

I know our son eats healthier than many of his play group counterparts (one

little boy that the parents don't worry that all he eats is

pancakes/waffles/chicken nuggets/plain pizza and juice, and I think they've

said that was really the extent of it!) I don't worry because we did

research it. I know with our choices that even if a wacky off day for us I

don't have to worry, because it's still better than what most of his peers

are having. They'd be amazed our son excitedly requests we have eggplant for

dinner and munches on raw mushrooms as a snack...we're thrilled because it's

awesome, but not because 'not many other kids would do that' - the ones we

know who are vegetarians tend to do the same, it's the omnis who freak out

that our son eats so healthily.

 

MIssie

 

On 7/19/07, Beth Martin <parunnergal wrote:

>

> I agree. After a week vacation with our meat eating friends, 2 other

> sets of parents of 5 year olds agreed, my son has the healthiest diet of all

> 3 boys.

>

> ERB <bakwin <bakwin%40sbcglobal.net>> wrote: Yeah, exactly.

> I wonder about the built-in biases of a reporter who starts out his request

> by stating (as if it were true): " Even parents who are staunch vegetarians

> often wonder if a meat-free diet can provide all the nutrients their growing

> children need. " No, we don't. We do our research, unlike most parents who

> serve the SAD without question, but we don't " often wonder " . We know we're

> doing the right thing for our kids. We wonder about all those

> dead-animal-eating kids who aren't getting a healthy diet!!

>

>

> robin koloms <rkoloms <rkoloms%40>>

> <%40>

> Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:05:53 PM

> Re: Reporter seeks to interview vegetarian parents

>

> This parent has never wondered that...

>

>

[Guest guest]

as long as it's whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce, it's pretty balanced

 

Kadee M <abbey_road3012 wrote: Ditto... except for the time

my daughter wouldn't eat anything but pasta. But that's over with.

 

robin koloms <rkoloms wrote: This parent has never wondered that...

 

johncvrg <johnc wrote: Hello,

 

VRG has received an email from a reporter who is looking to

interview vegetarian parents. Here's how she described the premise of her

article:

 

" Even parents who are staunch vegetarians often wonder if a meat-free

diet can provide all the nutrients their growing children need. I

would like to offer a practical guide to raising vegetarian children

that addresses the special nutritional challenges at four stages of

life: infants, preschoolers, older children, and teenagers. I'd also

like to discuss things such as packing a vegetarian school lunch and

helping children choose veggie options in the school cafeteria, and

times when parents might want to ask the family doctor about

supplements. I also want to include a sidebar on what happens when

teens in a meat-eating family decide to go meatless, with quick tips

for parents who find themselves in this situation. "

 

She would like to conduct the interview via phone or email either this

week or next.

 

If you are interested in talking to this reporter, please send an

email to me at johnc.

 

John

Moderator, VRGParents

 

 

Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.

 

 

[Guest guest]

>I agree too. It's already set up to sound like we don't know what we're

>doing - I can only imagine how our words would be twisted (though I'd have

>to say I don't know if that is what would happen).

 

Thanks for the vote of confidence with the parentheses. I *want* to

believe the person is just ignorant with the way they poised the

question. Perhaps he/she has a friend who is experiencing this?! I

encourage any of you to go ahead and share your thoughts with the

journalist directly, because as a journalist and an editor, I would

want to know if my " approach " was that potentially offensive.

 

PS-- my problem is with the lack of ID. Where is this person from?

Where will the results be published? If at all?

[Guest guest]

It was plain white pasta... occasionally she'd demand butter. I got tired of

*looking* at that stuff!! Now her favorite food is frozen berries. I am very

happy with that (as long as she's not wearing any clothes for me to have to wash

berry stains off of!).

 

robin koloms <rkoloms wrote: as long

as it's whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce, it's pretty balanced

 

Kadee M <abbey_road3012 wrote: Ditto... except for the time

my daughter wouldn't eat anything but pasta. But that's over with.

 

robin koloms <rkoloms wrote: This parent has never wondered that...

 

johncvrg <johnc wrote: Hello,

 

VRG has received an email from a reporter who is looking to

interview vegetarian parents. Here's how she described the premise of her

article:

 

" Even parents who are staunch vegetarians often wonder if a meat-free

diet can provide all the nutrients their growing children need. I

would like to offer a practical guide to raising vegetarian children

that addresses the special nutritional challenges at four stages of

life: infants, preschoolers, older children, and teenagers. I'd also

like to discuss things such as packing a vegetarian school lunch and

helping children choose veggie options in the school cafeteria, and

times when parents might want to ask the family doctor about

supplements. I also want to include a sidebar on what happens when

teens in a meat-eating family decide to go meatless, with quick tips

for parents who find themselves in this situation. "

 

She would like to conduct the interview via phone or email either this

week or next.

 

If you are interested in talking to this reporter, please send an

email to me at johnc.

 

John

Moderator, VRGParents

 

Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.