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?
Well it's like other people in this thread are saying. Veganism is a choice, and it's a choice I personally view as liberation. It's a freedom to not rely upon animal death and it's a freedom we can share with animals. Veganism isn't a religion or anything. If I'm in a situation where animal products are a necessity, then I'm still vegan because at my core I believe in animal liberation. Like I don't criticize indigenous people who hunt or make leather, I don't criticize poor people who do things like fishing. I'm vegan and I know this is a choice I'm making within the context of what's available to me. Like you said, your life isn't stable at the moment.
Thank you for sharing your perspective though. It is true I want to consider the reality of raising a vegan family. I don't consider it immoral to put a kid on a vegan diet at all though, although I am realizing most of my peers would call this abusive. I can't see it that way.
I'm like you, I was raised in a household centered around meat and hunting. My dad would shoot raccoons, deer, et and eat them. I think part of my veganism is a response to that. It always seemed unnecessary, like my dad was doing things out of his own pride rather than need