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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not only should she be forced to sit with the family she should be forced to eat the meat. [/quote]

:shock: wow.  No way.  I think she should still sit at the table, though.[/quote]
I don't deal with picky eaters. You eat everything on your plate or you don't leave the table. It's not a full plate but a little of everything. None of this I don't like it crap, if I know you don't like it we have it more often hehe [/quote]

This isn't about being a picky eater. OPs daughter has a moral objection to the meat. Are you trying to raise blind followers, or decent adults with a solid moral compass? I am 100% supportive of my child developing their moral standards. I would expect her to eat at the table with the family, but I would not ask her to go against her convictions if I believed they were serious convictions.[/quote]
Op's dd is a child. Children don't make their own choices, they don't have moral convictions. They follow their parents blindly , or at least they should. [/quote]

Well then you and I disagree about the type of people we are trying to raise. I am not a permissive parent by any standard, but while I try to instill discipline in my children, the last thing I want is for them to blindly follow me or anyone else. I want them to think for themselves, to have strong moral convictions, and to know that their mother respects them for the people they are, not as extensions or copies of her. I would be very proud of my child for having such a strong conviction, and for sticking with it despite the fact that she is doing so alone.[/quote]

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