Does anyone have experience raising vegan kids? What's that like? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by axont@hexbear.net to c/vegan@hexbear.net

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I got told today I shouldn't raise kids because I'd purposefully raise them in a vegan household, without animal products of any sort. I was told this would be dangerous and unfair to the kids.

It was a weirdly direct thing for this person to say to me (one of my coworkers). It's stuck in my head. I was told I should let my potential children choose what sort of morals they have, even though this person is raising their kids Catholic. Their advice to me was to allow my potential kids to choose every night between a meat-based meal and a vegan meal (???). And several other coworkers agreed. Where do they come up with this? No carnist raises their kids like this.

So is anyone raising vegan kids or does anyone know about what it's like? Or was anyone here raised in a vegan household?

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[-] Egon@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

I can understand getting anxious about that, but I don't really see how it tracks.
I guess I can understand in a sort of "don't freak out if your kid has some meat when eating at a friend's place" but it doesn't really sound like that's what they're saying. It sounds like they're saying you have a moral failing for being vegan and having a vegan household, and that's just not true.

[-] blight@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

if your kid is otherwise vegan, suddenly eating meat out of nowhere at their friends house even once is actually a big deal since the gut bacteria can’t handle it if they aren’t gradually attuned to it, so a freak out is warranted

[-] Egon@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah good point. I guess I was moreso meaning in the "had little a salami" and not "ate a whole steak" kinda way

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