Comments on: Our Vegetarian Youth: 1 in 200 Kids is a Vegetarian http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/13/our-vegetarian-youth-1-in-200-kids-is-a-vegetarian/ Green and Natural Parenting for Eco-Friendly Families Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:34:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gail Rhyno http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/13/our-vegetarian-youth-1-in-200-kids-is-a-vegetarian/#comment-8074 Gail Rhyno Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:08:39 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2572#comment-8074 I surprised myself the other day when I said to my daughter, "You are practically a vegetarian, did you know that?" We weren't talking about being a vegetarian, but about her 'fussy' eating habits. And I realized, she'll likely be a vegetarian, or close to it, and this is not a bad thing! I had found something that I could hold on to and think positively about in regards to what I saw as fussy eating. Chicken being the only meat. Since I had been researching vegetarianism for myself, I now could see how to help her eat in a way that kept her growing and healthy, and ignore all those old messages I always heard growing up about needing so much meat. Anyway...I was glad to make the connection, I was glad to see that perhaps she's not just fussy, but leaning the way of vegetarianism, and framing her eating in that manner, will give me a more positive outlook about it I think. I surprised myself the other day when I said to my daughter, “You are practically a vegetarian, did you know that?” We weren’t talking about being a vegetarian, but about her ‘fussy’ eating habits. And I realized, she’ll likely be a vegetarian, or close to it, and this is not a bad thing! I had found something that I could hold on to and think positively about in regards to what I saw as fussy eating. Chicken being the only meat. Since I had been researching vegetarianism for myself, I now could see how to help her eat in a way that kept her growing and healthy, and ignore all those old messages I always heard growing up about needing so much meat. Anyway…I was glad to make the connection, I was glad to see that perhaps she’s not just fussy, but leaning the way of vegetarianism, and framing her eating in that manner, will give me a more positive outlook about it I think.

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]]> By: Carlota Bindner http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/13/our-vegetarian-youth-1-in-200-kids-is-a-vegetarian/#comment-8073 Carlota Bindner Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:30:58 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2572#comment-8073 Jamie, you are right. The numbers are higher usually for girls and for those who grove up in wealthy households. Case in a point is Agnes Scott College that I mentioned in the article, it is actually a liberal arts woman's college. Jamie, you are right. The numbers are higher usually for girls and for those who grove up in wealthy households. Case in a point is Agnes Scott College that I mentioned in the article, it is actually a liberal arts woman’s college.

]]> By: Jamie Ervin http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/13/our-vegetarian-youth-1-in-200-kids-is-a-vegetarian/#comment-8075 Jamie Ervin Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:21:32 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2572#comment-8075 I recently heard that girls were much more likely to be vegetarian/vegan as are children from higher income families (likely due to better education and easier access to nutritiously foods). My children go back and forth, the Teenager being the most stringent. I recently heard that girls were much more likely to be vegetarian/vegan as are children from higher income families (likely due to better education and easier access to nutritiously foods).

My children go back and forth, the Teenager being the most stringent.

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