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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are you allowing your 10 year old to dictate the meal?  You are really setting that kid up for problems.  Not only does she or he have food control issues but now you are allowing those issues to dominate the foods eaten by the entire family.  You really need to get into talk to a family therapist and dietician fast.  This will only get worse as your kid gets older.  You and your spouse should also consider doing parent therapy to figure out why you are allowing your child to dictate things like this to you.[/quote]

I’d give this a troll score of 2/10. Lots of room for improvement! [/quote]

Not a troll.  A psychologist who works with high risk kids.  OP is literally hand-making a kid whose butt is going to be in the seat of our waiting room within the next year or two.[/quote]

Well my 26 year old has decided to become a vegetarian and doesn’t like many vegetables. Yes it is a pain for me to accommodate him, but it is my pleasure to try. Being respectful of your child’s preferences is also a way to show love and support. While he could end up needing therapy, it’s not going to be because his mom can’t be bothered.[/quote]

You truly don't see a difference between a 26 year old and a 10 year old?  Really?  I agree with the psychologist.  The food control issue is the first step towards anorexia and bulimia, and other disordered eating.  It is a very dangerous path for the 10 year old to be on.  It is scary that the OP is not only encouraging the daughter but facilitating the disordered eating.[/quote]

Lots of people become veg young without it being disordered. I stopped eating meat when I was 7, because I made the connection between the animals I love and the food on my plate. I now work in animal welfare, am still vegetarian, and have no eating disorders - and never did. I am so grateful, these four decades later, that my parents were understanding and supportive, even though they did not care about animals at all - they could see how much it meant to me. And this was before it was really normal for people to have non-meat diets - it's very very common today. Plenty of veg kids who are normal, well adjusted, and just don't eat animals. Your experience with high risk kids might cause you to see the whole world as full of high risk kids - when that's not the case.

My sibling is now veg, too, and raising two veg kids. They're great, too.[/quote]

+1. Being vegetarian is not disordered eating. I’ve been vegetarian since I was a kid too. My parents and siblings ate meat but I did not. Sometimes they made things specially for me, sometimes I just ate sides or had a PB sandwich or a bowl of oatmeal insteAd of the main course if it had meat in it.[/quote]

-1000  Wrong.  Being a vegetarian at 10 years old is the epitome of disordered eating.  This kid is on the wrong path and it is horrifying that her mother is here glorifying it.  Exhibiting such an extreme level of food control at the age of 10 is a harbinger of further problems.  Seek help for your daughter now, OP.[/quote]

Many people think eating meat is disordered.[/quote]

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