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Raising Vegetarian Children
by Joanne Stepaniak, M.S. Ed. and Vesanto Melina, M.S., R.D. McGraw-Hill, 2003Raising Vegetarian Children is a comprehensive guide to help foster happy and healthy families. Both authors are well qualified to explore the key topics--from parent-child communications, relationship building, and interactions with extended family, to alternative family systems and food safety. This gifted pair, one an educator, the other a registered dietitian, clearly explain Mom’s nutrition during breastfeeding as well as nutrition from infancy through adolescence--and include over 100 recipes with their nutritional analyses.
Raising Vegetarian Children includes a detailed explanation of the Vegetarian Food Pyramid and its vitamin- and protein-rich foods, allays concerns over dietary gaps, and is packed with recipes that will please any growing vegetarian, from infant to teenager. With nutrient-rich recipes for everything from breads to spreads, enticing entrées to delectable desserts, you'll meet and even exceed your child’s dietary requirements. These veggie meals will smooth an infant’s transition to solid foods or soothe the most finicky teen palate.
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In addition to learning how to address your family’s dietary needs through sound nutritional advice, the responsible, compassionate guidance in Raising Vegetarian Children will help you deal with the social and emotional aspects of vegetarianism, including:
Helping your child cope with the pressure to conform to a standard diet Ensuring that school officials, caregivers, and relatives abide by your child’s dietary wishes Dining out in nonvegetarian restaurants Celebrating traditional, meat-centered holidaysVegetarianism is more than just a dietary decision; it’s a lifestyle choice. But establishing that lifestyle within the bounds of ever-changing family dynamics can be a challenge. Perhaps you’re a new parent concerned about imposing your vegetarian lifestyle on your baby, or you may be the head of a meat-eating family confused by your child’s recent decision to become a vegetarian. With the compassionate, authoritative advice in Raising Vegetarian Children, every parent--regardless of his or her dietary preference--will discover how to achieve healthy harmony in a vegetarian household.
When parents choose a vegetarian lifestyle for their child, it can set family fingers wagging in dietary disapproval. It’s no easier on steak-loving parents when Junior announces he’s sworn off meat. With the sensible strategies in Raising Vegetarian Children, parents can ease family tensions and learn to accommodate the nutritional and emotional needs of their vegetarian offspring.
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