Another brand new vegetarian and member!! - Christie

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Hi Christie,

Welcome to the group also!

I have a soon-to-be 9 year old son and he's been a

vegetarian his whole life. He made the connection

that meat was dead animals early on and didn't want

any part of it. He is very proud to be a vegetarian.

When he was about 4 we watched " Supersize Me " . Soon

afterwards, they had a " Happy Meal " day at his

preschool. He not only refused the Happy Meal

(including the fries) on the grounds of being a

vegetarian, he also refused the toy and soft drink

because it was from McDonald's. He also announced to

his class that they were all going to throw up from

eating McDonald's. haha! His teacher was a bit

annoyed and when she was telling me about it, the

pride was just bubbling up inside me. LOL. Children

take in EVERYTHING! As parents, we have to model what

we want for our children.

I hope you enjoy it here,

Susie

 

--- Christie <ganyssa wrote:

 

> I am also a fairly new (6 months) vegetarian

> (vegan), single mom of one daughter, age 7, and new

> to the list. When I first became a vegan after

> watching Earthlings, I explained to my daughter why

> I wasn't eating meat, dairy, eggs, etc anymore. I

> wasn't cooking it for her anymore, but I was

> allowing her to choose other places like friend's

> houses and things. She still went to McDonald's

> with her grandmother and didn't seem too bothered

> about the animals.

>

> Over a couple of months, she started asking me

> questions, and became a vegetarian two or three

> months later. Last week she decided she wanted to

> be vegan. She seems excited so far. I guess my

> point is that she may surprise you one day.

>

> Christie.