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Somebody recently asked if raising a child as a vegetarian or
vegan is “fair.” This sure did get people mad! They didn’t seem to get that
every aspect of parenting (from discipline methods to religious practices) is
obviously imposed on kids by their parents.
As moms, our main concerns are the health and happiness of
our children -- lifestyle labels don’t tend to matter to most of us. It’s the
outcome that justifies whatever methods we use.
Raising a
child in a cruelty-free lifestyle, whether it’s choosing to eat meat less
frequently or not at all, or buying vegan shoes instead of leather, is simply a
lesson in kindness. You are teaching by example that you can eat and you can
dress without killing animals. Kindness to animals has been proven to correlate
with kindness to human beings. In other words, raising a vegan bully would be
really hard.
When
mom-preneur Sarit Shmulevitz created her cruelty-free marketplace,
ForAnima.com, her intent was to showcase the wide array of cruelty-free
products that exist, making it easier for people who might want to consider
cruelty-free alternatives to everyday products they currently use.
Buying vegan beauty products, pet food
and even toys that are not tested on animals and are cruelty-free can never be
wrong -- and of course the environment would benefit mightily (and the animals
would be happy). Even if your child ultimately chooses not to follow a vegan
lifestyle, the very fact that she or he has that choice and knows that the
alternative does exist is good parenting. Fair enough?
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About the Author: Stephanie Olsen is a
freelance writer. ForAnima.com is a
cruelty-free marketplace and community, with great recipes, vegan products, contests and giveaways.
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