S2, Ep23: Vegan Parenting with Kim Haskins and Jake Yapp
The ChickPeeps Vegan Podcast
Evanna Lynch
4.8 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
This week, Evy chats to artist, Kim Haskins, and comedian/presenter, Jake Yapp, about their experiences and insights into raising their son, Spike, as a vegan. We talk about how to deal with the multitude of opinions shared by non-vegan naysayers, whether or not we should be sharing the truth of what happens to animals with young children, and how to handle awkward social situations for vegan kids. LAter on, we have an exclusive interview with Spike himself who shares his favourite things about being vegan! Also on this episode...
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- Jake and Kim explain why they had no doubt in their mind about raising Spike vegan.
- The one nutrient Jake and Kim supplement for their son.
- How to deal with other people’s criticism of raising children vegan.
- What is the best way to respond to people who say you’re ‘pushing your beliefs’ on children by raising them vegan.
- At what age can children grasp the concept of veganism?
- Should parents shield their children from the harsh reality of animal exploitation?
- Kim and Jake share their experience of home-schooling Spike and how significant a part veganism played in that decision.
- Does Spike agree with the vegan philosophy and does he share those values with other children?
- What do you do when a child goes to a party with meat products and they want to eat the same food as other children.
- Do vegan children have a harder time fitting in with their peers?
- Kim and Jake share their thoughts on how to introduce veganism to young children who have not been vegan from birth.
- Interview with much-hyped vegan child, Spike!
- Listener question about ‘Ostroveganism’.
Links
Check out Kim’s artwork!
Check out Jake’s comedy and podcasts.
Listen to Jake’s new podcast Now Wash Your Hands!
Follow Jake on Twitter and Kim on Instagram.
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Transcript
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| 1:32.7 | Hello, Chickpeeps. Welcome to Season 2, Episode 23, Vegan Parenting with Jay Gap and Kim Haskins. |
| 1:38.3 | I'm your host, Ivana Lynch, and The Chick Peeps is your friendly weekly vegan podcast. |
| 1:42.8 | Oh, peeps, what an absolute delight today's |
| 1:45.4 | episode is. So we have been thinking for a while that we should do an episode on vegan parenting, |
| 1:49.7 | but we weren't sure who to have on us guests until we realized who's better versed on the subject |
| 1:54.7 | of raising vegan children than actual vegan parents. And I thought of my two friends, |
| 1:59.3 | Kim and Jake, who are vegan and who have a |
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