Children Gone Vegetarian!
By Glinda
No doubt picking up on the vegetarian theme from Mr. Henry, the LA Times has an article about what to do when your child chooses to become a vegetarian.
My husband and I are wholeheartedly omnivorous, but I have already had talks with the Munchkin about the meat we are eating and the specific animals from whence our meat comes from. For instance the other day, he made me list off all the different meat products that can be made from pork. What can I say, we have fascinating dinner conversations around here.
But, the Munchkin has already asked questions pertaining to how the animals are raised, and where are they raised, and he may have even asked at some point how they are killed to which Glinda just sort of put her fingers in her ears and sang “La, la, la, la…”
No, I didn’t do that. Really.
What I do need to do is get rid of that copy of The Jungle I’ve got laying around here somewhere before he gets his hands on it.
I kid, I kid…
Let’s just say, though, that if one day my son chose to become a vegetarian, it wouldn’t surprise me. I’d like to think that I would support him in that decision, even if I didn’t necessarily agree with the philosophy behind it.
However, unless he decides to expand his current crop of approved vegetables, he will be eating nothing but fruit, carrots, and corn.
November 19th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Necessary disclaimer that I am not a parent so my opinion IS IRRELEVANT but — would you become a short-order cook to accommodate your child’s new dietary preferences?
I ask because we were visiting friends and at every. single. meal, the mom asked the two boys what they wanted to eat. It wasn’t even that the boys had food allergies or were vegetarians. It was just that they had been conditioned not to eat what the parents did. So she made them their own meals for every single meal.
Which I thought was nuts.
But that’s just me.
So I am curious about your opinion. Because it’s not like you could have a vegetarian just eat the side dishes when you have pork chops and have nutritional balance.
November 30th, 2009 at 6:00 am
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