Parents who force a vegan diet on to their children would face prison under a new law proposed in Italy.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11690957
A little extreme in the other direction now.
There really isn't much issue with a vegetarian diet with children (or vegan), as long as parents are intelligent enough to actually provide proper, balanced nutrition. Same thing for a traditional omnivore diet. I'm guessing part of the issue is a poorly designed vegan/vegetarian diet can be more obviously noticeable at a younger age (neurological deficits, failure to thrive, etc) than a poorly designed omnivore diet (obesity, heart disease, cancer risks, etc).
That said, I think a law punishing parents for not providing a healthy diet for their children (regardless of what that diet is), isn't the worst thing. It just doesn't sound like that is truly the purpose of the above law.
