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Originally Posted by 777
Now, now, let's not allow a few bad vegans (who don't know when it's right to break the rules) to ruin it for all vegankind.  When it comes to decisions regarding a child's health and diet, it's best to go with your doctor's advice. Especially since this starts out as a baby, and (in my mind) should grow to be, at least, as tall as one of their parents. |
Absolutely - veganism is a perfectly valid life choice - I wouldn't want to suggest that all vegans are child abusers, or anything like that.
Vegans who don't provide proper nutrition for their children are child abusers, however. Luckily, I think that's a very, very small percentage of people who let their ignorance and fanaticism take over. There is plenty of *other* child abuse going around, caused by non-vegan parents for any number of reasons, so I think that just making sure that vegans are properly informed by their medical provider about infant and childhood nutrition is enough.