Should we report vegan parents to Child Welfare?

Question

If we know parents who are forcing their child to eat a vegan diet, should we report them to Child Welfare?

lickintonight, you better pray we never meet in person

Answer 1

If the child is healthy then no. If malnourished the childs health visitor or school should pick up on it.

Answer 2

While I personally am not vegetarian or vegan, my experience is that most are actually very careful of their diet and are aware of which supplements to take and how to manage it properly. Unless you're like my niece whose only food seems to consist of chocolate, cheese and sweets! Her choice, though.
If the child is unhealthy, then they will be visiting the doctor more often and the doctor will investigate. As they did in a friend's case.
Where do you draw the line? We have children and we plan on bringing them up the way we want to. Why should other people interfere just because they don't agree with us?
So let well alone.

Answer 3

I think that there is nothing wrong about vegan parents as long as the children get some sort of food supplemt.
my mum is almost a vegan as can't eat much dairy as it makes her ill and meat has always been a big no no for her.
but lets not forget the up side to being a vegan my mum has a problem with her eyes and was told by the pro's that she would probley never go blind because of her very heathy life style as it reduiced the risk by over 80% .
So there is always an upside to everything.

Answer 4

don't be so silly!
the vegan diet is the most healthy way of eating!
if reasearch is done to make sure that the child is getting all the vitamens, iron etc what is the problem?
the parent that feeds there child mcdonalds, pizza, overloaded sugar processed food should report those to the child welfare?

Answer 5

More like report the parents that feed their kids junk food
Sausages and Burgers made with all the bits of an animal no one in there right mind would eat, full of chemicals to get that just right meaty taste.

A vegan meal takes some thought and patience to prepare - with a lot of thought of alternatives for protein, vitamins and iron, and like the previous answer, if the kid is healthy, thats what matters.

At least they wont get an overdose of hormones and antibiotics!!!

ps. I am not a vegan

Answer 6

No, and that's rediculous. Most vegan people know very well how to balance their diet and get all the nutrients that they need. There are many health benefits to having a vegan diet. Those childen are going to have much less of a chance of getting certain diseases. In general, vegans are much more aware of their diets than the average american. You should be more concerned about parents that feed their kids at McDonalds on a daily basis.

Answer 7

If the child is malnourished then talk to the parents and suggest they go and talk to a dietician/nutritionist, you know what I mean! These professionals will be able to help the parents set a balanced healthy diet for the child (and might pick a few things up for themselves too!!). If this doen't work then report them.

Answer 8

Absolutely not. Children can be brought up very healthily on a vegan or vegetarian diet. It is all about balancing their nutrition. I am bringing up my children on a vegetarian diet and doing so makes you even more aware of the need to carefully plan their meals. Unless you had suspicions of malnourishment I think child welfare would accuse you of wasteing their time!

Answer 9

The comment starting this thread illustrates a phenom I have long known about: For some reason, non-veggies like to pick at vegetarians. It's pretty obvious. It seems like picking at pacifists or people with a devout religion that has 'unusual' customs, like wearing long dresses. The average dweeb just HAS TO pick at them. In the heartland, Indiana and Ohio, you will find a long queue of troubled youths who totally get off on harrassing Amish people, for example.

--Some towering lacking in their character, is all I can figure. For them I pose this question: Why can't you accept the fact that someone different from you is as good as you, and deserving of RESPECT and PEACE?

Answer 10

I think parents who EAT MEAT will come to be DEVOURED themselves, unless they change.... and I think that Non-vegan children who were/are that way because their parent FORCED them to eat meat~will GROW up to HATE their parents... or hold some "disgust" towards their parents..... at least speaking "at large" here ... there are always those children who become devoured as well because the succumb to the very same sickness of their "meat-eating" parents.... Luckilly I made it "off such a chain"(in my own right)

Answer 11

That's a bit of a can of worms - I totally agree that forcing an extreme set of beliefs on a child too you to make informed choice is wrong, but if you start with Vegans, surely you have to extend that to include religious groups? I mean for example, faiths that practise infant circumcision - surely that is mutilation?