| Vegans exempt animal products from their | | | | "Junk" foods like popcorn, baked potato and |
| lifestyle. This is easy enough for committed older | | | | vegetable chips, sweetened dried fruits, raisins, |
| vegans, but how to raise a kid with no milk, ice | | | | and fruit chips are popular choices. Beverages like |
| cream, chocolate, or candy? In today's, | | | | fruit smoothies and fruit juices are deliciously sinful |
| predominantly meat-dependent and animal fashion | | | | enough to be considered junk food. |
| crazed world, it is certainly a challenge for vegan | | | | However, kids are easier to manage than |
| parents to raise their children. Fortunately, the | | | | teenagers, more so when they're vegans. There |
| years brought an abundance of information about | | | | are the fashion trends to reckon with: that trendy |
| vegan fashion, vegan shoes, vegan recipes, vegan | | | | leather jacket, the fur scarf, or the chic leather |
| lifestyle, and veganism. All that vegan parents | | | | boots everyone is talking about. A teenager must |
| need right now are determination and creativity | | | | have them. Remind them if they're really up to |
| to encourage their children to take up the vegan | | | | wearing dead animal skins on their body and then |
| way of life. | | | | buy them some enviable vegan fashion items. |
| The first hurdle vegans have to face is the | | | | There are boutiques that sell exclusively vegan |
| question of feeding their children. There are lots | | | | apparel. Vegan online shops also have extensive, |
| of available food choices in the market today for | | | | not to mention, affordable and chic choices for |
| vegan fare. Vegan recipes are not just salads; | | | | vegan shoes, vegan clothes, vegan jackets, and |
| they extend to casseroles, baked dishes, and | | | | even vegan accessories. Vegan cosmetics are |
| even desserts. Vegan ice creams, smoothies, and | | | | also available and they have been proven to be |
| candies are now available in the market. These | | | | better than the ones that are animal-tested and |
| items taste just as good as the traditional dairy | | | | made with animal oils. After all, slim and fit vegan |
| products minus the animal abuse. Children being | | | | bodies deserve fashionably gorgeous vegan |
| raised on vegan diets won't feel any different | | | | clothes. |
| from non-vegan kids. The trick is to include | | | | Vegan family support groups assert that proper |
| substitutes for popular kiddie treats so vegan | | | | education and information about animal rights and |
| children won't feel out of place with their | | | | abuse is important. Understanding the vegan |
| non-vegan peers. Vegan dieticians recommend | | | | lifestyle makes managing and raising vegan kids |
| substituting tomato sauce with meat substitutes | | | | easier. When they are aware and informed, kids |
| for regular meat sauces. There is a variety of | | | | are surprisingly easy to handle. They do make |
| soy cheeses and flavored soy milk drinks that are | | | | their own choices, but with information, they |
| completely vegan without sacrificing flavors. Fruit | | | | usually make the right choice. So they strongly |
| waffles and juices are most welcomed treats. | | | | advise starting vegan families to encourage each |
| Meat substitutes in pork, beef, poultry, or fish | | | | other and educate their children to make them |
| flavors are available. Vegan kids would not miss | | | | understand why is it good to be vegan. With |
| out on the joys of junk food, except that theirs | | | | understanding, the kids become cooperative and |
| won't cause them acne and make them healthier. | | | | healthier, and the family stays together longer. |