I have recently gone veggie, trying to be vegan, and my 8 year old daughter is interested, too. She announced she wanted to be veggie a while back, but when I explained she couldn't eat ham she changed her mind!
Anyway, now that I'm taking it quite seriously (and doing all the cooking, too), my daughter would like to join me as she has a notion of what it is about and she has a very passionate environmental/animal streak.
My partner (not her dad) is a bit sceptical from a nutritional point of view (of the 'they need meat' school of thought) but also wants to protect her from some of the darker truths.
As a new vegan I am also trying to swap over to all cruelty free cleaning and cosmetics products and DD is helping me do this - I explained a little bit about animal testing, to her, in a non detailed way.
I feel I might be walking into a tricky zone - she is a bright kid - I don't want to give her an eating complex nor scare her with horrible truths.
How did you guys explain your personal choices if you are not a whole veggie family?
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Writergirl · 24/05/2011 09:02
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