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It tastes awful to me, but I recall the babies liked it. :shudder:

As far as my opinion goes, I'm a meat eater and have raised my family that way; however, I think that there are proteins that are sufficient in the legume families. I'm bothered that the State or any governing agency could step in and issue a dietary requirement. Parents wanting to adopt kids have to go through such stringent background checks that their dietary choices must absolutely be trusted. Educate them, if need be.

If they can support the child, are in good health mentally and physically and have proven that they want to give that support and love to a child, give the child to that loving home.

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Strange Famous

I think there is a difference between the state telling parents they cany withold meat from their own kids (which they arent) and saying that if they apply to adopt a child and the child is a meat eater who wants to eat meat, they should not refuse them that right.

If a parent was forcing/allowing a diet on a child of their own of say 13 that would be an issue that potentially the state should be involved in also. (like the 15 stones 9 year old i mentioned earlier.... if social services try to help the mother and the kid is 20 stones when he's 11... then taking him into care is better than him being 30 stones by 14)

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