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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is where I don't understand how people think of fish/seafood as "not meat" - you eat plenty of meat at home if you're having seafood/fish every few days. Your kid will be fine not eating meat every day but a few times a week - that's how most kids around the world grow up (probably less, in fact).[/quote]

If fish was a meat and meat was a fish then you would see a cows swimming in oceans and cat fish eating grass on a meadow.

OP, this one is tricky. Although nobody can question that in many areas of the world, people never eat meat at all, no fish either, yet they grow up being beautifully strong, tall and just perfectly perfect humans. Example - certain areas of India or China. Yet, you have tons of areas where many kids faces are stuffed with meat few times a day on the Weekdays,  double that Sunday and they end up being obese and all that. Example - U S of A.

So in theory there is no need to feed a kid meat daily or at all. However, the greatest challenge is to know how to balance diet in such a way that non meat died supplies with all nutrients for optimal physical and mental growth. The fact is that in those areas of the world where people are Vegetarians for generations, they simply learned the trade and pass it from generation to generation. It is not as easy to do it solo, here with no support and no traditions. It is doable but challenging. Meat is just such an easy way to supply most of needed building blocks..
Instead of eating bucket of grass.. you eat cow who ate bucket of grass... sadly..

I agree with the pp who said that it is not required to feed kids meat regularly. I tend to think that little goes a long way.
If I were you and was on meat free diet, I would simply do the same for kdis, but add some meat product to eat..
Example - stir fried vegetable with rice.. for you and the same for them plus.. a little stir fried beef or chicken added to their dish
just before serving.. or even a small hamburger  but just the patty on the side of the plate.. if they get used to eating like that they won't mind.

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