r/tifu • u/CompetitionExtreme36 • May 29 '24

TIFU by making my child vegetarian. S

I have a 6 year old son. We went to a fair a few months ago and there was a display of livestock that the public could pet.

Me, trying to be jolly, told him that he'd be eating them for dinner someday.

My son was shocked and asked me how was that possible. I told him that meat is made by killing animals and cooking them. He then asked me what all the meats were. I told him that it's chicken, beef, steak, sausages, salami and mutton.

Later that night at home, I noticed him seperating his dinner. He removed all the meat pieces from the rice and only ate the rice. My wife asked him what was wrong and he said he doesn't want to eat animals.

Thankfully, he's fine with milk and eggs. However, he continued refusing to eat any meat. A week passed and we went to the doctor. The doctor said that it's probably just a temporary phase and we should feed him vegetarian alternatives for the time being.

We now buy canned beans, lentils, greek yoghurt, olive oil, whey protein, soy nuggets and plant-based patties/sausages. We also order a cheese pizza for him.

It's been a few months now, and I've bought iron and B12 gummies for him. Even my wife and I are starting to go more vegetarian.

TL;DR: We went to a fair and there was a display where the crowd could pet livestock. I told my son he'd eat those animals soon, and he's a full blown vegetarian now.

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u/Various_Succotash_79 May 29 '24

Most kids do this at least once, I think it's part of learning empathy. He might stay vegetarian or not, just be supportive.

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u/Ardeiute May 29 '24

Pretty sure I was the exact opposite. My parents always tried to force me gross canned green beans and corn. It turned me off to most veggies for sooo long.

To this day over 30 years later, my mother still tries to tell me I used to love them growing up. What's that phrase of the axe forgetting but the trees never do

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u/Full-Friendship-7581 May 29 '24

That’s what my parents did to us growing up. All the canned veggies. 🤢🤮 I’m still grossed out about it