Raising children Vegan=Child Abuse, according to Channel 5

I'm just glad that I don't have the responsibility of raising a kid....So many things to think about, and nutrition is important, but so many people raise their kids on empty calories diets, that poor nutrition generally should be the issue, not veganism.
 
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I posted it on FB, Im expecting a few comments from 'Mothers' on there. One of which I know feeds her 4 year old nothing but chicken nuggets...cant wait for that conversation.
Personally I feel raising your child with a blinkered view on where food comes from whilst taking them to McDonalds every other day is more abusive than Veganism.
Also shame on Channel 5 trivilising something as cruel as child abuse with the notion of it being linked to dietry choices.
 
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My children eat vegan at home with me but their dad gives them meat and fish and cows milk and eggs at his. However, the food he gives them is usually frozen (frozen burgers, fish fingers, chicken nuggets etc) so out if the two I would say I give them healthier, more nutritious food! So which of the two is more 'child abuse'?! When I ate meat I always told the children which animal it was from (rather than just saying beef/pork) and tried to get them (well mostly the oldest) to understand that the food we ate was once a living animal rather than just a piece of meat on a plate.

I won't be watching the programme, just as I don't watch any other programmes on child rearing, I just do what I feel is best and go with my instincts!
 
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