By healthfreak - 07/09/2014 01:57 - United States - Marietta

Today, my daughter's teacher called me, very concerned, because my child told the whole class she's not a virgin anymore. The word is "vegan", Honey. FML
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thebigtwinkie 28

Just a mistake, I'm going to guess that your daughter doesn't know what virgin means so she's not to blame, and neither is OP

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saba_ajira 29

Those, my friends, are two very different words. Sorry you had to deal with that OP

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Kels789 15

When I was little I kept saying "******" instead of "organism" I was so confused why my mom kept correcting me. It happens.

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ladybuglet 22

Why on earth would you make your child a vegan? They need a balanced diet that includes meat. I'm sorry OP but that's just wrong. And before everyone gets on the bandwagon of saying I'm wrong for saying it, I can appreciate people's values and beliefs but I don't think they should be pushed on children. And I also suppose it depends how old your child is but if they don't know the difference between "vegan" and "virgin", I would have to say they are still very young.

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Edumcg 24

"pushed on children" how's that any different from parents forcing a child to eat meat? I wish I had vegan parents. Just saying. Let her raise her child, if she sees a problem I'm sure she'll do whatever she can to solve it :)

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Ichiya 29

In my experience it has been the vegans/vegetarians that try to force their eating habits more so than omnivores. Mostly because they have stronger opinions about diets than omnivores. Not saying either is bad, but from an evolutionary stand point humans have lived quite well as omnivores. Then again back in the begining we only ate meat when we could get it and survived mostly on vegetables.

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Edumcg 24

Yeah I'm just concerned of the expression "push your beliefs" everyone 'push their beliefs' on their children. Christian, vegan, muslim, there's no difference because your children live with you. In the moment they develop their own opinions and judgments they decided whether to follow what they have been told or not.

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knoxxx 22

I don't ever believe forcing your child to live a certain lifestyle or believe something is right, not unless you explain why they are doing it to them first or give them the option to choose for themselves. But it is VERY possible OP's child decided to become a vegan of her own choice, or that a doctor recommended the diet to pick out food allergies. So instead of berating OP for her poor parenting choices, notice her child is not a vegan anymore, and that you don't know every detail of the story. (and dairy is thought to be a high contributor to osteoporosis when humans consume it past weening. it is much healthier to get calcium from supplements.)

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Ichiya 29

At young ages children do not have the capability to make rational choices on such difficult subjects. That is why parents take care of them. Because of this it gets difficult to not bias your children with your preferences. Try allowing them to eat things that you may not like or particularly agree with. Once you establish what they like make a balanced diet for them. When they reach 10 or 11 introduce them to veganism and vegetarianism and let them decide.

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mary_13 26

#48 It is not more healthy I'm sorry but that's just wrong definitely not for a child still developing, some of those supplements can be harmful even more so for a child.#

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FAH_Q_2 3

Too funny. Love that whole, "kids say the darnedest things" phase children go through.

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AmethystOcean 7

the teacher could have asked a few questions to clear things up. She was just being lazy!

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worldclassrager 39

The question is how old she is...at a specific age just a common mix up...things will probably be cleared up pretty quickly

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Chiroptera_Man 10

Why would you force a kid to be vegan? O:

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FAH_Q_2 3

Too funny. Love that whole, "kids say the darnedest things" phase children go through. Remember these moments...it's so much fun to share these stories with them when they can appreciate the humor. *** To those of you who felt so compelled to weigh-in on, and question this parents' choices with regard to raising her own child...SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!! If providing your insights serves as some form of resolve for you, do us all a favor and share them with someone who might actually care. FML is by no means a forum for armchair therapists to criticize others. Next you feel the urge to hide behind your keyboard, offering your unsolicited "words of wisdom" instead, please phone a friend and spare us your diatribe.

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Ichiya 29

Parenting choices are one thing, but forcing children into such a restrictive diet is bad. Especially when they could get bullied over it. If the child chooses it on their own then support them but don't make them that way by lecturing them on the "wrongs" of eating meat.

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katertott 44

If simply not serving something is "forcing" someone to not eat it, then serving something would also be considered "forcing" someone to eat it. Depending where in the world one may be... There are parents that don't serve caviar or brussel sprouts to their children. There are also some that serve dog or insects on a fairly regular basis. Just because it's served- or not- doesn't necessarily mean that they're "forcing" it- or not- down a kid's throat.

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Ichiya 29

It does if they don't make other diets known and available to their children.

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