Is Forcing Vegetarianism on your Kid Fair to Them?
Posted on 01 05, 2007 under Master Debaters by Noodad | Comments
Whether for moral or religious reasons, vegetarianism is here to stay. And even for the once die hard carnivores, watching Super Size Me or reading Fast Food Nation might just move you over to the veggie side. Finally, with the popularity rising with healthier food stores like Whole Foods or Trader Joe's, it is easier and easier to be a healthy vegetarian.
Anyone that knows me, knows that I am a die hard meat eater to the bone (pun intended). My theory is that if we weren't supposed to eat meat, God wouldn't have given man the intelligence to make a spear and the ability to throw it. But regardless of your own personal decisions, vegetarianism can be a way of life, not just a preference.
Kids can be kids which means sometimes, no matter how peaceful you think you may be, you want to just pound the hell out of them. They know, better than anybody, how to get under your skin. They know how to piss you off and then piss you off even more.
“It’s a boy!” announces the doctor as your kid bursts into the world. Congratulations! Deciding on whether or not your son will be circumcised just got bumped to the top of your to-do list. You’ll get all the relevant information to consider from your doctor and/or maternity nurses. You may discuss the matter with friends and family. You may even consult the AAP to see what it recommends (after reading an 8-page PDF with about 150 references in the end notes, you’ll find that the AAP neither recommends nor discourages the surgery—Thanks, AAP!). Like most parental decisions, this one’s up to you and your wife.
You're standing in line at a major theme park. As you approach the ticket counter you see the jaw-dropping admission prices. It's $18 for adults, $12 for kids 5 to 12, and Free for kids 4 and under. Your daughter, small for her age, just turned 5 a couple of months ago. What do you do?
So you have a boy and he's at that age when…you know…he's exploring. He is bound to have some porn laying around somewhere. And you know all the secret hiding places. So…
Parents take youth sports seriously. Sometimes more seriously than their kids do. Combine the rabid nature of getting your kid to excel in sports with the changing landscape in equal rights and you have a potential powder keg brewing on the little league field.
Last week at the mall I saw a kid, couldn't be more than a year old, getting her ear's pierced. She screamed bloody murder the whole time but it was ok—although she didn't like the pain, her parents were very happy.
There are some topics that seem to fall into the consensus category: drunk driving is bad, guns kill people, Transformers are better than GoBots. But that only covers less than 1% of the decisions you and your spouse make towards the upbringing of your kids. The majority of issues tend to fall more in the gray area.
