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It's been years since anyone really questioned me for raising my children as vegetarians (and now vegans). I still occasionally get the odd comment about making sure they get protein/calcium/whatever nutrient meat-eaters think comes only from animal products. Mostly, though, people acknowledge how healthy my children are and how well they eat. In the early days, when my first child was a baby, it surprised me that people would even ask me if I planned to raise him as a vegetarian. If I'm not ra… Continue

I left the kids playing in the front yard while I came in to get something this afternoon. When I went back out I engaged in the following conversation with my youngest:

Youngest: Scooby was in the middle of the street when a car turned onto the street, so I ran out to rescue him.

Me: Um. Next time you need to let Scooby fend for himself and get yourself out of the street.

Youngest: But Mom, he's family! And the car had just turned onto the street.… Continue