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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

thank you! we're lucky to be in a community that is pretty accepting even if veganism is rare. we don't proselytize except having people over for meals and barring meat/dairy from our table. my partner and I are both decent cooks so that helps

we've had a few funny experiences with other carnist kids. one insisted he never ate vegetables while eating a cupcake we made. after we told him it was made only with plants, he was pretty sheepish. still ate it though. one or two times other kids have tried to push our buttons but after years of posting on the internet, owning children with facts and logic is pretty straightforward. 'no, we just choose not to eat animals. we like animals better alive and happy.' kids will ruminate on that more often than adults, they're naturally more open to learn, less ready to be defensive.

I wish you all the best if you choose to have kids. well also if you don't, but you know what I mean