I need help...advice please?

[Chobitpersocom]

My little cousin just recently decided not to eat animals. She wants to be vegetarian just like me...but her mom is worried. She's 5 and wont eat anything linked to animals. (not even fake meats like morningstar farms and boca) How can I convince her that she still needs her nutrients, even if its from fake products? Although beans, lentils, and other sources of nutrients are okay, but the main thing is that she wont even drink soy milk because she thinks it's still "animal." Any advice?  

[QueenMaeve]

That's cute that she wants to follow in your footsteps. 3nodding

You could try to educate her about how soybeans are grown, and the wonderful soy products that are made. Tell her that it's like cutting an orange into slices. It's still the same food with the same nutrition, it's just in a different form. Mango-peach-orange juice is still an orange, but with flavoring. Read the ingredients to her from a carton of milk and soymilk and try getting her to see that there's no animal product in it. You could also tell her that she'll never grow tall like you if she doesn't get enough protein.

Tell her that Mr. Chicken will thank her for eating Boca and staying healthy so that she can grow up and have vegetarian children of her own. mad D  

[Chobitpersocom]

QueenMaeve

That's cute that she wants to follow in your footsteps. 3nodding

You could try to educate her about how soybeans are grown, and the wonderful soy products that are made. Tell her that it's like cutting an orange into slices. It's still the same food with the same nutrition, it's just in a different form. Mango-peach-orange juice is still an orange, but with flavoring. Read the ingredients to her from a carton of milk and soymilk and try getting her to see that there's no animal product in it. You could also tell her that she'll never grow tall like you if she doesn't get enough protein.

Tell her that Mr. Chicken will thank her for eating Boca and staying healthy so that she can grow up and have vegetarian children of her own. mad D

thanks ill have to try that -]  

[Hlessirah]

How cute! whee
Well, if she really wants to follow in your footsteps, then, why don't you let her eat with you? That would be a great chance to show her the veg*n foods and explain where they come from. Have a big plate of a variety of bite-sized foods, and point to each one and say what it is and what's in it, and you have some to eat as well, just to show her it's okay.  

[Evil Karma Angel]

That's so adorable!!! 4laugh
After I became a vegetarian, my little sister (who is a Buddhist) tried to join me.While my sister was old enough to tell the difference between a veggie burger and a real one, your cousin's not. Those were both great ideas, and another thing you could do is:

Go to you Aunt's freezer. Pull out the ground beef. Make sure it's not one of those roles, or your cousin won't be able to see it. Show her what it looks like (but you don't have to open the package to do this. Now take out a Boca burger (uncooked) and show her how different it is. Then explain that it's different because it's made of plants. Hopefully, she won't realize that plants are alive, because then she won't eat plants, either. (That's just what 5-year-olds do.)