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[Guest guest]

Hi everyone! Allow me to introduce myself: I'm a single mom to a 14

year old wonderful biological boy & 3 year old adopted little girl. We

are a vegetarian/vegan, extended nursing, co-sleeping, non-vaxing, cloth

diapering, happy little family. My son has recently started having

problems with his friends as well as other teens regarding

veganism/vegetarianism. He's become quite the " mall rat " & complains

that there are no " cool " veg options for him to eat there. (go figure,

LOL), so he's resorted to eating fish sandwhiches at

McDonalds....EEEEW!!! Short of having a salad (can't always be sure of

those either....), taking a sack lunch (yeah right), or eating pizza

every day, he's finding it very difficult to stay vegetarian as well as

" cool " . After some soul-searching, I've decided, among several other

things, to start a vegetarian/vegan teen :

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his friends in our immediate vacinity are vegetarian, making it very

hard for him at times. He's a great kid, with strong values, but I do

remember how difficult it was to be a teen 30 years ago without adding

my dietary choices to the mix. I'm wanting to help make his teen years

as smooth as possible & keep him on the right track, so I was hoping if

any of you have or know teens in the same boat as mine, you could let

them know about the group & perhaps giving them the chance to bounce

concerns & ideas off each other, as well as letting them know they are

not alone in their decision....... Thanks to all, & I look forward to

learning much from everyone! Kimberly