| Help! My Child Stopped Eating Meat!: An A-Z Guide to Surviving a Conflict in Diets Contributor(s): Adams, Carol J. (Author), Messina, Virginia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826415830 ISBN-13: 9780826415837 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $29.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2004 Annotation: In presenting her acclaimed "Sexual Politics of Meat" slide show throughout North America, Carol Adams encountered innumerable conflicted or unhappy young people: "My parents don't understand the choice I have made to become a vegetarian (or vegan)." This is a book to help parents understand. Help! My Child Stopped Eating Meat! is the first book of its kind to provide a comprehensive parental guide that addresses parent-child conflicts over diet. Its five chapters, with topics arranged alphabetically for easy reference, cover family and emotional issues, nutritional issues, philosophy and peer relationships, and practical issues. The final chapter, "What's Left to Eat," consists of mouth-watering, original recipes. This practical and timely book will be a welcome resource for all parents concerned about the well-being and health of their vegetarian children. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition - Diets |
| Dewey: 613.262 |
| LCCN: 2003021429 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.12" W x 8.84" (0.60 lbs) 183 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This original, insightful, and compassionate book empowers parents to respond with understanding and support to the surprising challenges, the worry, and changes that occur when their young person becomes a vegetarian or vegan. Although how to rear a vegetarian child is not news, addressing the conflicts parents face is. Through five chapters, the topics are arranged alphabetically for easy access. Chapter 4 is by a leading vegetarian nutritionist. A concluding chapter 6 consists of dozens of mouth-watering recipes that are easy to prepare, along with a metric-conversion table. |
Contributor Bio(s): Adams, Carol J.: - Carol J. Adams is an activist and author of The Pornography of Meat, Living Among Meat Eaters, and many other books challenging a sexist, meat-eating world. She is a sought-after speaker throughout North America and Europe, and has been invited to more than 100 campuses to show "The Sexual Politics of Meat Slide Show," which is always being updated to include contemporary cultural representations. |