What age to become a vegetarian? To Ellen

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, " sweetcatkins "

<sweetcatkins wrote:

>

> Lately I've been noticing a change in my 8-1/2 year old grandson,

who

> I pick up on Tuesday afternoons and spend quality time with while

his

> Mom has to work late. He's always eaten whatever I've put in front

of

> him with few questions, but has never cared much for vegetables.

> Couple weeks ago I changed my schedule to pick him up first, then

head

> over to the CSA to pickup my weekly allotment of vegetables. They

> have it set up like a farmers market with little signs that tell

you

> what your share is. Well, the Grandson had so much fun picking out

> the vegetables that he told me, " I want to do this again...every

> week " . So now I pick him up first and we go do the pickup. Today

he

> said, " I love vegetables...I wish I could only eat vegetables " .

WELL!

> Talk about a change in attitude! Then he said, " I eat meat too "

and I

> said, " well I don't " and that was the end of that conversation.

But

> plant a tiny seed, show a good example, and you never know what

will

> happen. It would please me to no end to see him adopt a vegetarian

> diet, but of course that is a choice he will have to make when he

is

> old enough to make it. Against the opposition of the rest of the

> family, I am sure, but you know at least one Gramma will be rooting

> him on

>

> Ellen

>

I think it is quite obvious that your Grandson loves his Grandma very

much and wished to emulate her diet and lifestyle; nothing, wrong

with that, at all. The trip to the veggie market has to fill his eyes

and mind with a kaleidoscope of color, freshness, and goodness.

Treasure your moments, together.

Peace and blessings, Jack