My dear teenaged son went vegetarian last year, and asked me to research some stuff for him, which I did and which caused me to learn things I'd never known and I went vegan very quickly after that...
Well, he's been "mostly vegan" in that he eats the vegan food I make at home, but if at a friend's/his dad's house he eats vegetarian as they usually don't have any idea what to feed him...
Recently he's asked me to give him a list of foods/recipes to take to his dad's house so obviously wants to go further towards veganism, and bless his soul he's evidently thinking about it a lot...
He keeps starting conversations where he'll lament someone not looking after their cat properly, or what dairy cows have to go through, or how non-vegans think, and what they say that is so wrong...
The thing is, I think he's suffering a bit, as he's quite angry and seems to be grieving the realities of what is done to animals on a daily basis, yet he's also still a bit young to feel confident if it comes up for conversation or when looking for food options etc... I try to support him and as my own induction to the fold was SOOOOO intense, plus I have the benefit of age and experience especially in regard to relationships, I am hopefully doing a reasonable job, but I just feel a bit sorry for him...
Having said that, I also feel proud. He's a wonderful young man, but I'm not sure whether there's anything else I can do to support him, as I have of course got a biased view but equally I don't want to give him any sort of impression my love is conditional upon him ceasing use of dairy/eggs...
What do you all think?
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