  To raise my child as a vegetarian?  (224 Posts) rstuk Mon
06-May-13 09:25:04  Both myself and DH are vegetarians and we
would like our children to be vegetarians too for both health
and ethical reasons, however I'm a bit unsure because all of the
websites i've checked have conflicting opinions on whether or
not this is good for a small child (digestion issues etc) and
our parents (non/ex-vegetarians) think we're 'depriving' the
child Help anyone? i'm completely lost  squeakytoy Mon 06-May-13
09:26:25  Feed the child vegetarian food at home, allow the
child to eat whatever they like (obviously within reason
regarding nutrition etc) out of the home.  Allow them to choose
for themselves if they wish to be vegetarian or not.
HollyBerryBush Mon 06-May-13 09:27:56  I have a few Sikh
friends, all of whom are vegetarian (some vegan) and raise their
families in a vegetarian lifestyle.  We've raised all four of
ours as vegetarians from birth. We both come from medical
backgrounds and neither of us has read any relia