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Reader Stories: Tips for parents of veg kids

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Parents need help along the way sometimes. If you're a vegetarian child or teenager whose parents just won't listen, what would you tell them if they would? Maybe your parents won't listen, but somebody else's just might. What advice can you give parents who find that their kids just won't eat meat? What do you wish your parents would understand about being a vegetarian teenager?

Kids: Help them out!

vegetarian at 16

My mum totally 100% DOES NOT support me. She get's very angry and now cooks meat almost every night. I have tried talking to her, reasoning with her, explaining what happens to animals 'behind the sc…More

Advice for mixed families

Don't replace meat with a veggie burger, just cook something that is good and fulfilling and does not contain meat.When we eat meat, we choose organic and small portions.If my kid does not want to ea…More

Teenage vegetarian with supportive parents

They don't cook tofu. They are giving more vegetables. But I don't like fruits. They don't know what tofu is. They are supporting as much as they know. I need more information about nutrition and die…More

Tips for parents of vegetarian teens from a 14 year old

When I first became a vegetarian, my parents were angry and worried. They slowly came around and grew to support my vegetarianism. I recently became a vegan, and they were beyond livid, I had alot of…More

Tips from a 13 year old vegetarian

At first they didn't really care, but then they started driving me crazy about getting enough protein, calcium, fiber, etc. I started keeping track of my foods to show them I got enough nutrients. On…More

Tips for vegetarian parents, from a vegetarian teenager

My parents Especially my mom used to freak me out for turning into a vegan. I am intolerant to lactose so I need to avoid dairy products. So my mom got depressed as to how I was going to get protein …More

My parents told me it was "a phase"

They would sometimes lie to me and tell me that a dish was vegetarian, but biting into it, I would discover that it wasn't. That drove me CRAZY.Sometimes my mom would cook vegetarian things for the w…More

I cook most of the meals at our house

Because of my parent's support for me, we eat veg at home. Actually, my mom, dad, and little brother eat nearly vegan at home. This is partly because my mom refused since the beginning to cook two me…More

I went vegetarian at ten years old.

Well, when they finally gave up trying to make me eat meat, they wanted me to be a bit more responsible. I started making my own food more and packing my own school lunches, things like that.They did…More

Kids: Help them out!

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