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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I disagree with others.  I am not a vegetarian but I applaud what appears to be a strong sense of conviction in your daughter already!  I would accommodate this and try to have more vegetarian nights so she can sit with you.  [/quote]

Not picking on you in particular PP, but let's extend this to other situations and what you would do:

Eating at a restaurant. Does the child get to dictate the family only eats at vegetarian places? What if the family meets another family for dinner? No shared vacation homes unless the other family agrees to not eat meat? 
Holidays with relatives? Child gets to stay home when they are older? Eat in a bedroom?
Child is invited to eat at a friend or neighbors house?
And what on earth does this child do at the school cafeteria? Park picnics? The beach?

I really think the lesson here is tolerance, ie, you don't make her eat meat and she has to function in a world where overwhelminly there is meat.
I do think there is a potential for a huge slippery slope if you let this continue[/quote]

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