I think non medically mandated veganism should be a personal choice.
I think it's reasonable for parents who are in agreement to have a vegan household and to only buy or prepare vegan food. I don't think that religious reasons to have should have special privileges over non-religious moral reasons. It kind of irks me when they are treated as less important or worthy of respect. I'm not a vegan, but many people are because they legitimately believe that it is the right thing to do. And done right a vegan diet can be healthy for most, so it's not like the child is being neglected/deprived.
(I guess it irks me as a lifelong atheist because the implication is I can never have any moral principles that are as important or as worthy as respect as religious ones. I don't think that's true, though.)
At a certain age children do have the ability to make their own choices about their diet and decide that they want to eat animal products, but unless they come to the conclusion that they're morally obligated to eat animal products, I don't see why their parents should should be expected to prepare them. They could eat animal products when someone else makes the meal.
The parents aren't in agreement here, though. You have one vegan parent and on non-vegan parent and there is no reason that either should enforce a change at the other's household.
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I think it's reasonable for parents who are in agreement to have a vegan household and to only buy or prepare vegan food. I don't think that religious reasons to have should have special privileges over non-religious moral reasons. It kind of irks me when they are treated as less important or worthy of respect. I'm not a vegan, but many people are because they legitimately believe that it is the right thing to do. And done right a vegan diet can be healthy for most, so it's not like the child is being neglected/deprived.
(I guess it irks me as a lifelong atheist because the implication is I can never have any moral principles that are as important or as worthy as respect as religious ones. I don't think that's true, though.)
At a certain age children do have the ability to make their own choices about their diet and decide that they want to eat animal products, but unless they come to the conclusion that they're morally obligated to eat animal products, I don't see why their parents should should be expected to prepare them. They could eat animal products when someone else makes the meal.
The parents aren't in agreement here, though. You have one vegan parent and on non-vegan parent and there is no reason that either should enforce a change at the other's household.