Guest guest Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Welcome! & nbsp; Your son sounds absolutely wonderful, though you may want to teach him to respect the opinions of others even when he disagrees. & nbsp; Your family is off on a wonderful adventure! & nbsp; The message archives of full of wonderful information and recipes. & nbsp; As you read through them, you will see that in families with meat eaters, if the meat eater wants to eat meat, he or she is responsible for purchasing and preparing the meat. & nbsp; I once read a great artical with the message that vegetarians are about what we eat, not what we don't eat. & nbsp; & nbsp; Your choice to not eat meat is great for your health and the health of the planet. & nbsp; Robin --- On Sun, 6/8/08, Lebasi & lt;lebasi.klotko & gt; wrote: Lebasi & lt;lebasi.klotko & gt; New member -hello and help Sunday, June 8, 2008, 10:52 AM Hi, I just joined. My 5 year old decided he doesn't want to eat anything with blood. We thought it was a phase but now he is arguing against us eating meat and his arguments are very intuitive and educated. I am joining him since I think its a wonderful decision based on his conscious. However, daddy is mad. Mad that I am allowing this and worse that I am joining him. I need help him showing him that this is not a bad thing but a good thing. I have not stopped cooking meat for daddy. I do make my son and I alternative dishes and daddy gets to try them if he likes. I just want him to be ok with this and understand his son will still be big and strong. Grant however lectures daddy at meals about the death of animals or the damage he is doing to his body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 First of all, your son rocks! I hope his daddy is very proud of having a son who will inform himself about something and speak his mind. It's wonderful that you are supporting him. I was 16 when I went veg and I think my parents would rather I had started smoking or something. They were very worried about my health. I gave them the book that had started me down that path which was " Diet for a New America " by John Robbins. Wonderful book but may now be a bit dated. Anyway, both sets of parents (both parents were re-married by then) read the book and all became vegetarians. So it might help to have something to back you up, there's a lot of great literature out there. You know your husband best so you can decide what angle will he be most sympathetic to: environment (HUGE impact), health (again, huge), cruelty to animals (obvious one there but many people do not know just how far it goes). You can try PETA for lists of books, and I'm sure you'll also get lots of great responses from this list. Good luck! Dee - Lebasi Sunday, June 08, 2008 8:52 AM New member -hello and help Hi, I just joined. My 5 year old decided he doesn't want to eat anything with blood. We thought it was a phase but now he is arguing against us eating meat and his arguments are very intuitive and educated. I am joining him since I think its a wonderful decision based on his conscious. However, daddy is mad. Mad that I am allowing this and worse that I am joining him. I need help him showing him that this is not a bad thing but a good thing. I have not stopped cooking meat for daddy. I do make my son and I alternative dishes and daddy gets to try them if he likes. I just want him to be ok with this and understand his son will still be big and strong. Grant however lectures daddy at meals about the death of animals or the damage he is doing to his body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Hi Lebasi, Wow, what a great mom you are to support your son's choice here! All the vegetarian kids we know are adamant that animals not be hurt - I think kids are just so sensitive to animals, that vegetarianism is likely a more common path for kids than we know, and just not all kids are supported in following their ethical feelings on things. Your son will remember forever that you supported him. :-) Happy vegetarian-ing, :-) Lorraine On Behalf Of Lebasi Sunday, June 08, 2008 8:52 AM New member -hello and help Hi, I just joined. My 5 year old decided he doesn't want to eat anything with blood. We thought it was a phase but now he is arguing against us eating meat and his arguments are very intuitive and educated. I am joining him since I think its a wonderful decision based on his conscious. However, daddy is mad. Mad that I am allowing this and worse that I am joining him. I need help him showing him that this is not a bad thing but a good thing. I have not stopped cooking meat for daddy. I do make my son and I alternative dishes and daddy gets to try them if he likes. I just want him to be ok with this and understand his son will still be big and strong. Grant however lectures daddy at meals about the death of animals or the damage he is doing to his body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 Welcome. You'll feel right at home in this group. One of my favorite Gandhi quotes is, " First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. " I see this playing out at both the global and personal levels: the meat, egg, and dairy industries fighting the overwhelming evidence in favor of a plant-based diet; a spouse fighting to preserve the harmful lifestyle to which they are accustomed. The way I dealt with my spouses reluctance was to volunteer to take over primary responsibility for the grocery shopping and cooking, and to introduce new, tasty, vegan meals (the wife and kids are vegetarian, but most often eat vegan). At the same time, I share information about the health benefits of a plant-based diet. The China Study was good toward this end, as are various references from the PCRM and VRG websites. In time, your spouse will see you and your kids looking and feeling better, and soon he will experience the same. I recommend that you think of this as a journey and allow your spouse some time to find a path and pace that suits him, without compromising your principles, along the way. He'll need to respect your convictions, and not confuse your patience with complicity. And if your husband says that's all well and good, but he wants his son to be more ripped than Gandhi, have him check out Matt Danzig: http://www.peta2.com/outthere/o-macdanzig.asp . He's fighting and winning! Regards, Alan , " Lebasi " <lebasi.klotko wrote: > > Hi, I just joined. My 5 year old decided he doesn't want to eat > anything with blood. We thought it was a phase but now he is arguing > against us eating meat and his arguments are very intuitive and > educated. I am joining him since I think its a wonderful decision > based on his conscious. However, daddy is mad. Mad that I am allowing > this and worse that I am joining him. > > I need help him showing him that this is not a bad thing but a good > thing. > > I have not stopped cooking meat for daddy. I do make my son and I > alternative dishes and daddy gets to try them if he likes. I just want > him to be ok with this and understand his son will still be big and > strong. Grant however lectures daddy at meals about the death of > animals or the damage he is doing to his body. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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