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6 May 2001 Issue
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Dear Susan-
Just thought I'd pass this on. You and/or your readers may find it interesting. I have a 14-year-old son. I had him late when I was 40, mainly because I had a screwed up reproductive system. I had been toying with vegetarianism for years. When he was 6 months old, we went "cold turkey." No pun intended. Our family has not eaten meat in 14 years. I myself try to go the vegan route. My son and husband haven't quite learned to give up cheese, even tho they do eat vegan cheese also. But anyway, the point of all this is that when people think that vegans or vegetarians are scrawny, sickly etc., you can tell them that my vegetarian/vegan son who is 14-years old is 6'4" and 230 pounds! People are just flabbergasted when they find out he is "only" 14. They usually think he's 16 or 17 or above. And I used
to get crap from my mother and my mother-in-law about how he would grow up to be small, skinny, and scrawny. "Aren't you worried that he isn't going to get enough to eat or enough of the "right" (whatever that is) things to eat?", I'd hear. They both keep their mouths shut now! And these measurements were taken about 3 months ago so he's probably grown even more. I'd love to be a bit scrawny, skinny, and small myself! Anyway, feel free to use this info if it does any good. Granted, he ate meat baby-food from jars for about 3 or 4 months after he was weaned but after that, he has been a vegetarian/vegan. And what is surprising, especially since he is now going into those "peer pressure" years, is that he shows no interest in eating a hamburger or any meat at all. We have 8 regular pigs, 2 bulls, and a duck
so he is quite aware of where those hamburgers come from. He is horrified at the idea of anyone cutting any of their throats and eating them. Once in awhile, I love to rub my mother's nose in it. We don't see eye-to-eye on a great many things so this is no big deal for me. Trying to change their (both my mother and my father plus my in-laws) eating habits is like talking to a brick wall. But I love to point out to them how big this kid is and he's a vegetarian/vegan. And my husband and I are not small either, (unfortunately, for me anyway!)

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