Not wrong for the child.

says you. just because it's wrong for you doesn't make it wrong for others and vice versa.

Setting all ethical questions aside here, I must butt in to say that excluding meat, dairy and eggs from a growing child's diet is likely to lead to at least some growrth barriers or later issues. You could probably get by without meat quite well if you know what you're doing, but you need dairy. All that fortified-shmortified crap is baloney - if you're vegan, technically, you shouldn't be eating it either...

I went vegetarian when I was 10, and have avoided dairy due to being lactose intolerant for a good chunk of my young life. Avoiding dairy and meat did me absolutely no harm. Also, just gonna point out that after a kid stops breastfeeding, any and all dairy products become absolutely unnecessary. We're the only animal that drinks milk after weaning, and the only one that drinks milk from another species. It's not necessary at all, we do it because we like the taste.

You need calcium. There are a few greens that'll give it to you, but you've gotta eat a LOT of them. Supplements aren't the same, they settle differently and actually can cause some fairly major issues later on in life (like osteoporosis, ironically). In regard to lactose intolerance: milk contains the sugar lactose and the enzyme lactase. The latter breaks down the first, but is destroyed during pasteurization, leaving lactose behind. Some can handle it, some can't. Anyway, to each his own. Everyone is different, I know many people who fare well as vegetarians or vegans, and many who were doing terribly on either diet, even though they balanced everything correctly. Lastly: because of the content of the FML I guess I imagined the daughter to be younger than ten years old, and at a younger age getting everything your body needs is more critical, so.

Thank you for explaining that dairy is not necessary after breastfeeding. I am Paleo, so I do eat organic, grass fed meat. I have very young siblings that have been vegan since they were 2 and one since birth. In one case it has actually benefitted their health to the point, that they need less surgery and less medication for a preexisting illness.

#33 cats drink milk from cows its a known fact that cats love milk its not cat milk im giving them so ur wrong on that part

#73 It also gives many cats the *****, they aren't supposed to have dairy.

I don't care if someone is a vegan as long as they aren't the pushy type. But it would be cruel to raise your kid as one. imagine having to say no to every pizza party, cake at birthdays, ice cream cones...holy moly the thought makes me cring.

#77, as I'd written above, it's only an issue with pasteurized milk.

Unless you're a cow, you don't need cows' milk. Humans are the only creature who not only drink milk past infancy but drink the milk of another species--excepting misguided cat parents who think it's okay to give their cat milk. Cows' milk really isn't good for cats either; it can cause all kinds of digestive distress.

I'm a vagitarian. I don't eat sausage

And yet 'she lost her veganity' was upvoted. Go figure.

**she's finally experienced some kind of meat**

People eat meat. Get over it. I'm an animal lover myself and think animal welfare is extremely important, but could never be vegan. I raise my own chickens and we buy local farm-raised meat instead of supporting the meat and egg industries. Guess what? Not everyone is ever going to be a vegan, best to come to terms with that now before you get too disappointed.

How about you mind your own ******* business and don't try to dictate what we should eat?