explaining to my kids why other people want to eat meat

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I have twin four-year-old girls, who along with my husband and I are

vegetarians. They have no trouble understanding why we don't eat

meet. It's much more difficult for them to understand why other

people DO eat meet.

 

It is especially difficult for them to understand why their

grandparents, aunts and uncles (who are otherwise kind and loving

people as well as supportive of our vegetarian lifestyle) eat meat.

Actually since our meat-eating friends and family rarely eat meat

when they are with us, I think it could be quite a shock when my

twins realise that the majority of people eat meat regularly.

 

So I am looking for suggestions regarding how to explain to my kids

why other people eat meat.