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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not regular hormone free milk and cheeses?

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Because she is concerned about animal cruelty and not about hormones.[/quote]

I’m going to call out OP for pushing this on her 11 YO daughter. Shane on you OP. [/quote]

Where do you see that I am pushing it.  I'm explaining what she told me. [/quote]

I'm sorry, but are you familiar with the word "parent," and all that it implies?[/quote]

Yes, I didn't realize you didn't know what it meant.

Parent means to teach your children so they can grow up to be independent healthy adults who know their values and act in accordance with them.

So, in this case, some of the things that I did which would be parenting:

I listened to my daughter when she decided that eating eggs and dairy products wasn't in keeping with her own values.

I encouraged her to learn more about the dairy and egg industries to find a source she was comfortable with, but unfortunately she could not do so.

I helped her research vegan nutrition, to learn about her body's needs, and to make a plan to meet them.

I taught her to plan and cook healthy vegan meals.

I continued to provide the ingredients for healthy vegan meals.

All of those things are examples of parenting.

Another word that you don't seem to know what it means is "push".  That means to encourage or force someone to do something.  It doesn't mean to allow them them to do something they've decided to do on their own.

For example, I could say.  "I didn't [b]push[/b] my child to become vegan, but I did [b]push[/b] them to learn to cook vegan meals, to take B12 supplements, and to incorporate more vitamin C into their meals to increase the absorption of non-heme iron from plant sources."

Please let me know if you would like any further vocabulary lessons.  I am sorry I didn't realize you needed them earlier. [/quote]

What are you going to do when your 11 year old decides that doing her homework is not in keeping with her own values?[/quote]

We’d talk about it.  I would certainly be interested to hear her perspective, because that wouldn’t be consistent with other choices I see her making.

But in the end, not doing home work is a choice that conflicts with my values.  So I would probably say no.

Eating vegan does not conflict with my values, so obviously I would respond differently.  
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