*sigh* Advice?

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My son has started eating meat at school and I'm not sure how to

handle this. It started with turkey, which I didn't really LOVE the

idea of ... but I didn't want to make a huge deal out of it until I

had thought the situation through.

 

And then he started eating hot dogs. He loves them. He knows not to

ask for them at home, but he talks about eating them at school and

how yummy they taste.

 

I don't want to forbid him from eating anything, because ultimately I

feel it is his choice. But I don't want to encourage him to eat meat

by NOT saying anything either KWIM? How do you handle this?? I

prefer he doesn't eat meat, and I want him to know WHY I prefer

that ... but I don't want to scare him or coerce him into eating MY

way. If that makes any sense.

 

I bought some veggie dogs but he hated them. I'm going to try

another brand and hope they taste better. But short of that, do you

have any advice or experiences I can draw upon? Is the best course

of action to let him eat as he pleases at school, but maintain a meat-

free home?? Or ... do I insist on making him a lunch from home every

day??

 

I guess I'm most worried that anything I do will push him farther

into meat-eating ... whether I ignore he is doing it and that

encourages him to venture into eating MORE meat, or I make a huge

stink out of it and he becomes a closet meat-eater. This was never

an issue in my house growing up, I'm completely lost here.

 

Mia