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?
I wasn’t, but I practically ate vegetarian anyways (with the exceptions of ultra-processed foods that happen to have animal ingredients) just because I was picky. Turns out I was willing to not eat a lot longer than my parents were willing to let me go without eating. So ultimately, I did have my own food separate from everyone else, but it wasn’t like they prepared multiple options with the expectation have throwing away half. Can’t believe someone would seriously suggest that.
Wow, I was the exact opposite as a kid. Basically didn’t want to eat anything but meat and sometimes grains.
Never stopped being picky, really, even as a vegan. My diet is 90% carbohydrates lmao