https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 18:51:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2116661 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 23:04:56 +0000 FannyMae 2116661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: as kids we always fasted for easter &amp; christmas - mainly because my mum would be cooking and guilt tripping us, and also when we would be taking communion. I'm not sure about Catholicism but in Orthodoxy children are encouraged to participate in fasting from a young age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2116650 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:39:59 +0000 LovelyPlum 2116650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115592 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 07:43:57 +0000 Anagram 2115592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I'm not catholic, but my husband is hindu and generally doesn't eat red meat or pork. Well...sommmmetimes he eats red meat, but very very rarely. </p> <p>So far, I give LO everything (because I'm doing the cooking), but if there's a substitute--like turkey bacon or turkey sausage, I do choose that.</p> <p>I don't know if that will change as she gets older and more aware of different meats and what daddy is eating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115543 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 07:16:20 +0000 looch 2115543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: See, my parents did feel the need to give us meat as much as possible when we were kids...not because we didn't like fish, but because they thought that we needed the extra nutrition. They were very old school when it came to eating guidelines when I was growing up, but they since have added a lot more fish to their diet and significantly cut back on red meat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115496 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 06:43:04 +0000 jedeve 2115496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: they are. But in general we try together er him to eat what we eat so I don't see the need to go out of my way to give him meat. Obviously I don't really expect a two year to fast, but I just don't see it as necessary for him to eat meat either. And he really likes fish. </p> <p>We are going over there this weekend and when she was discussing meals she was like, "well what should LO have while the rest of us eat fish? He can have meat." I just thought it was a bit odd. But I didn't abstain from meat till I was much older than most kids becausey mom cooked and she didn't conbert till I was 10. So I wasn't sure what the norm in actual practice was </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115459 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 06:09:08 +0000 looch 2115459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought children were excluded from abstaining...at least that is what my mom always said. As a kid, we ate fish on Fridays but now we do not observe that at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115438 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 05:26:01 +0000 matador84 2115438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No for my kids, 1 and 2 years old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115392 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 00:09:24 +0000 jedeve 2115392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PinkElephant: that's kind of what we do. I'll offload the meat leftovers on him! Or if dinner is something he can't/won't eat (like tomato soup and grilled cheese), I will make him something sith meat. </p> <p> But we don't eat meat for every dinner and do meatless meals aren't unusual for us or something i stress about.</p> <p>I just find it a bit odd my MIL offers him meat on Fridays without asking me first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115385 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 23:39:09 +0000 FannyMae 2115385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't usually fast, but if we are having dinner with my mum on a Wednesday or Friday we all eat meat free. Mum is making lentil soup tonight to help ease the cold that has run us all over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115346 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 22:37:04 +0000 singingbee 2115346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not right now. She needs that protein and I'm not worried about it. When she is older, most likely we will all do it as a family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115322 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:50:30 +0000 Mamasig 2115322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Generally no. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115311 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:40:16 +0000 PinkElephant 2115311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If they're eating what I'm eating, yes, they abstain by default. If I need to feed them leftovers from the fridge which have meat (or the only baby pouches I have on hand contain meat), then I don't stress about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115305 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:34:44 +0000 meredithNYC 2115305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, not yet. LO is nearly 3 and I don't even take her to mass with me yet, so I haven't really immersed her in Catholicism yet, aside from baptism. Part of the reason is that she's a very "busy" child and the other is that my husband isn't Catholic so it's almost too easy to leave her home.</p> <p>She starts at Catholic preschool in September and at that point I am going to make a much bigger effort to incorporate church teachings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-abstain-from-meat-on-fridays#post-2115291 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:19:29 +0000 jedeve 2115291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>...do your kids as well? </p>