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My reasoning is that A. I've seen multiple sources that advise against raising young children vegetarian due to the fact you need to be particuarly careful with how you do it (supplements, extra balanced diet, they're also a growing kid)
Not that it is literally impossible to raise a child vegetarian in a healthy way, but it involves much more care than balancing an adult's diet (which naturally, makes it even more likely that somone will fuck it up in some way)

The stories about people being picky about meat (I don't mean that in a condescending way, I don't think I could live without eating meat ever again, but I have absolutely nothing against people who can) remind me of one of my friends who had this thing where she couldn't eat meat unless her family cooked it (she's a bit odd) and labeled herself as a vegetarian until she realized that it was way to complicated to explain fully, so she stopped and continued to eat meat very sparingly.

Citations needed. These claims sound pretty biased, to be honest.

You need to raise your kid in a way that's mindful of their nutritional needs. Not eating meat has very little impact on that, provided you know how to continue to balance nutritional needs without it (protein, etc). Furthermore, letting your kid eat meat isn't some magical guarantee of nutrition, in America it seems like a huge number of parents have no idea how to feed their kids properly. Not to mention, most Americans actually eat too much red meat, more than is healthy.

Of course, if anyone is having trouble on a meat-free diet, they should value their health over their ideology. But seriously, as others have said, there are entire cultures that don't eat meat, and they manage all right.

DA. Citation needed, your counter-claims sound just as biased.

Maybe balancing a diet properly for children would be difficult for someone of Western culture who is not experienced with vegetarianism.

I am western (Australian) and I feel I could work out a balanced vegetarian diet because I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist - a Christian denomination that has been encouraging vegetarianism since the mid-1800s. That sort of history builds up it's own cooking culture that understands how to balance a vegetarian diet in Western society better (I specify Western culture, to differentiate from Indian and/or Buddhist vegetarian traditions).

But then the only child I want at this point in my life will say "Meow!" and I will give it it's rightful meat diet.

Both the United Nations and the World Health Organization recommend a vegan diet.

In the states, the milk and meat lobby have a vested interest in keeping those items on our dinner plates. I am less inclined to believe sources they back.

Eat what you want, but you are obviously not qualified to talk about dietary health risks in veg*nism. Your secret reads like propaganda, as do your responses.

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