My daughter is 6now and I´m Vegan for about 9months now I was trying everything to get my little daughter on a board with me but she just don´t want...The problem is that we was eating all...now when I learn about Vegan live style I change my eating habit´s the problem is my little girl don´t accept it...she is so used to eat all this junk...and I don´t know how to deal with that.
Did any of U have some ideas what to do?? I already change some stuff like milk on soy milk and other stuff but she just don´t want to give up meat :( and I can´t force her... Please any ideas :) I will be thankful...
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Hi thank U...I all ready try that she was happy that she can make it with me chose what she want in her smoothie...but than when she try it she was not want to drink it ;( that´s the problem
Discipline is good for children because they aren't mature enough to make their own decisions. Discipline is not child abuse. Good parenting does not mean your children never cry, complain, or disagree with you, good parenting means that you take whatever action is in your children's best interested, whether they love it or hate it.
Your job as a parent is not to let your children make poor decisions for themselves and to get everything they want, but to teach them important life lessons, no matter how difficult, that will PREPARE THEM FOR THE REAL WORLD. You are their parent, not their friend.
Leave it up to 6 year olds and they will eat nothing but candy canes and drink nothing but coca cola, eating vegan is no different. Learn to cook some new dishes so you get a little more comfortable and confident. There is nothing the animal product diet can offer a person that can't be experienced with a vegan diet, that goes for health, taste, texture, etc...the only exception is that with the vegan diet, you aren't consuming cancerous rotting animal flesh and blood.
Yee I know that child can´t make the right decisions in this age, problem is I´m a bit afraid cos here I´m just a outlander and all institutions are very carefully watching over us,specialy when it comes to a child... If for example I was on shopinng with my friend and my daughter was want some sweet and I say no she start to scream and all this just like all childs when U say no to them and than to us come old layde and she start to scream on us that she will call a police what we are do ing to this child and stuff like that, I was trying to explain what is going on but she just would not listen...
don't take your child shopping with you any more if this happens.
It was one time shoot...but it just show how people here are reacting...and there´s nothing good about it...
#1. Substitute any meat dish she is used to with fake meat, you can make anything vegan.
#2. Keep offering her the good stuff, it takes time but she will want to eat how you eat.
#3. It's okay to say no, be firm and calm and explain why you don't want to give her that and why this is healthier, etc. For example you could say to her, "I do not believe I have the right to kill so I can make you any dish you want with vegan foods but I am no longer buying anything that comes from a living being."
What are some of the "meat" meals that she likes the taste of, maybe we can make some suggestions for replacements?
Also show her some videos of kids eating vegan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQIMJ648qgg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhsWMw20JnY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsw4q-r_J-8&list=PLWs3XhUeRoHNQ...
lots more here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vegan+kids
and you may want to show her a cow being separated from baby, pretty mild for kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYJPbrxdn8w
great kid's raw vegan website and his book: http://www.rawfoodlevi.com/
Ohh thank U I will look all... Mostly she like chicken meat,or salami...
look around the heath food stores for fake meat substitutes or try some recipes from vegan websites. meat loaf, veggie burgers and sloppy joe's are a few easy to make dishes with veggies, rice and beans that taste meaty. get your daughter to help and she will be even more interested in trying the new dishes.
Children LOVE berries. They are also small and fun to play with/pop in their own mouths. Start with a big bowl for her of strawberries/blueberries/raspberries. Incorporate some fun into it. Let her pick out her very own berries (or other fruit) and have her help prepare it with you.
Just start with a raw breakfast for now: don't overwhelm her or give her a dramatic sudden shift in her diet.