[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by y.winter

Well, the problem is with the parents, not with veganism. There are children to meat eaters that are badly nourished as well, yet no one blames it on their meat eating habit. I guess you wouldn't go and blame so quickly parents who let their kids go to mcdonalds every other day... The hospitals are full of heart-disease patients who eat meat, and yet it will still take only a single vegan to join them to throw that "UGH those unhealthy vegans!". It's populism at its best.
Also, that "forced their beliefs" is as valid as saying that meat eaters parents force their animal-abuse based eating habits on their "poor" naive children that don't know that they eat corpses of tortured animals (and I didn't even start talking about its health prospect).
Veganism is a wonderful and healthy diet for all ages (ask W.H.O) and when you're doing it right (like other diets, there's no exception, and a lot of non-vegans fail at it miserably) - there's nothing to question about it. No protein deficiencies, no iron deficiencies, well balanced level of cholesterol, great blood test results over and over again, non-compromising taste and quality of food - this is my personal experience for years and years (and others too).
People love to blindly bash veganism, but reality has more to offer other than superficial notions.
Who's afraid of veggies?

Afraid of veggies?

I would absolutely b e judging parents who gave their kids mcdonalds everyday tbh. But its the mcdonalds that would be the issue, not the meat itself

I have a fairly bad view about vegans mainly as every one I know...once they went vegan became unhealthy as they clearly did not manage their diet properly. Yes it can be done, but it seems most do not do it. A fair amount of veggies I know are the same too...but vegetarians seem to do so much better than vegans. Yes not all vegans and so on, but when 100% of the people you know who went vegan ended up looking severely ill and with multiple health problems...well it kind of darkens your view on it tbh and I still think it should be down to the kids choice if they wish to eat meat or not. I see it as not dissimilar to my daughter refusing to eat beef. So we don't give her beef, forcing her to eat it would be wrong. Equally if she wanted to try something, we would let her try it

So basically, personal view, grand. Forcing it on others, not. Most vegans, not healthy. Some veggies are. But either way, should be the kids choice and I find it just cruel to keep denying the child something they clearly want and could benefit from

I even know someone who forced vegetarianism on their cat ffs. Forced being the operative word, as the poor miserable thing is now dead..which I am sure its happy for.