Mention “vegan” and “child” in the same sentence and sit back and brace yourself. Everyone has an opinion on vegan kids. Most think it’s too restrictive a diet and so couldn’t be healthy, others claim these children will develop brain damage from lack of vitamin B12 and such dietary choices are akin to child abuse. Are they right?

Vegans eliminate all animal products from their diet, meaning dairy, eggs, even honey are strictly off the menu.

Can a child who is vegan from birth grow up happy and healthy? Is the vegan lifestyle hard for them to adhere to and whose choice is it really, the child’s or the parents?

All the articles written about vegan children are from the point of view of the adults we decided to ask the kids themselves what they thought about growing up vegan.

(Because of the sensitive nature of this story, to protect the children involved we have removed the option to comment on this story.