Would you let you kid eat meat?

I wonder what would happen if this was your sole focus and it had nothing to do with animal welfare etc (I'm not saying that it is, by the way. Just curious)? Like people are well aware of the adverse health affects of drinking and smoking and yet they continue to do it. It is of particular interest in the teenage years. Do you think that your daughter may 'flirt' with eating meat products as an act of rebellion?

Or like Sun on Masterchef who had primarily a religious focus on vegetarianism so that when she fell away from the religion, she believed it acceptable to eat meat again.

If I ever had kids I'd hope that they would have a holistic understanding of the meat industry so that if they decided to go and eat it, they would be doing so with a complete knowledge of the health/environmental/ethical concerns surrounding it.

I think its more of a case of, "you're not allowed to smoke in our household but when you're older and you do it I can't stop you but I will be disappointed".

it is exactly what i think yes.
i hate seeing that children/teens want to go vegetarian/vegan but their meat eating family don't support them or even try to reason with them and thats when they start to eat unhealthy because the parents wont cook an extra bit of protein or get a soy sausage when they have bbqs.
i know you will say its hypocritical because i will refuse to cook meat but that been said me leaving meat of the plate isnt going to affect my daughter health because our meals are well rounded

but when meat eater parents say the exact thing you (in the general form) think its wrong.

So, for example 'You can be veg when you move out of home" sort of thing?

I get what you're saying, but considering it is food, you can't force someone to eat meat. I would hope as a parent, if your child did refuse to eat it, you would be making sure that that were receiving adequate nutrients through vegetarian food that they will consume.
It would be an inconvenience ensuring this, but hopefully their health and respecting their beliefs overrides your feelings about them cooking separate meals.

I think as a parent you need to do what is right for you child, making them happy- and making sure they're healthy. So if they wish to eat meat, or not eat meat.. You should not put them down on it.. If i had kids, id definately educate them on the meat industry and make sure they know all of it- but if after that they want to eat meat.. There's not much i can do, because they'll go to friends houses, or go to mc donalds after school or what not, and they'll just indulge in meat in an unhealthier way than having 'healthier' meat. So i think in both ways, you shouldnt be closed minded. It's like having a husband/ partner that eats meat and refusing to cook them meat.. My boyfriend eats meat, ive never cooked him meat since stopping eating it myself, but if he wanted it- i would cook it for him.. he's just sensitive to the fact i wouldnt eat it myself.. so i make sure i make plenty of food, and food he'd like..

I just don't understand what you could possibly get out of it.. You don't agree with anything, nor do you support it.. So it just doesn't make any sense to me as to why youd enjoy being on here, besides disagreeing with people. To me it would just seem like a big fat waste of time

I enjoy having a healthy debate. I love debating and I love politics. I do agree on some things. I don't like trophy hunting and I support the ban on factory farming.

sorry didnt see this, i think its hard to say you never know what type of person your child will grow up to be all you can do is educate them as best you can and hope they make the right choices

I don't cook my husband meat. If he wants it, he cooks it himself. The look and smell of it makes me gag.

I would not expect him to cook me Vegan food either.