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Hi,

 

We are in Westchester NY, quite a ways from you both, but wanted to say hello

anyway. I've been lucky to have met a neighbor who is vegan, totally by chance

we each have a daughter the same age. Since I'm vegetarian, and she's vegan, she

has helped me a lot as I ask her about the next step for replacements foods. She

got me to use the EnergE egg replacement, and cook with Tofu, instead of so many

meat substitutes. It's nice to have a friend to help as I move to the next step

of each day on my journey.

 

Thanks too, to this wonderful group! What a wonderful place to find refuge and

support when you feel that everything is going against you. And as this is a

parent group, that the folks here understand the other pressures and daily

exhuastion of being responsible for another life. Thanks!

 

Janeen

 

crkotzin wrote:

Dear Leena,

 

I'm glad that you are so supported in Rochester, but that's not the only

experience in western NY. I live less than 2 hours from you in Buffalo. This

is also a mid size city, probably bigger, but there is quite a lot of

antipathy if not hostility to vegetarianism here - the home of (boo) Buffalo

chicken

wings.

 

Indeed, I tried to start a vegan/vegetarian children's group so my son does

not feel so different.

 

I got **two** replies and one from a vegetarian father who insisted that it

was wrong to bring up a child as a vegetarian because of brain development and

protein issues.

 

The other was from a woman who wanted fish and chicken (??!!!) included with

the remit of the group because her child has lots of allergies. My son also

has lots of allergies (my recent email with the long list was actually not

posted) but I am still trying to keep him vegetarian/vegan though it is hard

and I have 30 years experience as a vegetarian. Needless to say - the group

is not yet going.

 

I cannot find any vegetarian community with children in the Buffalo

/suburbs. Please reply if anyone's in Buffalo!

 

best again

Chana

_crkotzin_ (crkotzin)

 

 

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