A Plant-Based Life by Micaela Cook Karlsen

Author:Micaela Cook Karlsen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AMACOM
Published: 2016-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

If your children or adolescents protest, you’ll have to decide where you’ll set boundaries and then stick to them, but expect some resistance initially. Remember, they may be exiting food addictions themselves:

CHILD: This totally isn’t fair. There isn’t anything good to eat anymore. Why do we have to do this?

You: As you get older, you’ll be making more and more of your own decisions. Right now, I/we make the decisions about the food we have in the house. No matter what you eat when you’re outside the house, you have to stick to our rules in the house. I’m eating this for my own health, and it’s because I love you that I want you to eat this way too. I’m learning to like it too, so we can learn to like it together—not to mention, I’m hoping we can do a lot more cooking together! I know you have talent waiting to come out.

ADOLESCENT: I can’t believe you’re doing this to me; it feels like the kitchen is a prison. Can’t I just bring my own food home?

YOU: I don’t have a problem with whatever you choose to eat when you’re not here—that’s up to you, though, of course, I always hope you make healthy choices. But I really can’t realistically stick to what I want to be eating if we have other food in the house. So I need to ask you for your support for me on this. Besides, I love you, and I want to make sure you’re eating more than pizza, so these are the rules till you’re on your own.

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