Vegetarian Children: A Supportive Guide for Parents [Paperback]

Sharon Yntema (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 25, 1995

Sharon Yntema helps parents guide their kids to healthful, happy dietary choices. A practical and inspiring handbook.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

"The strongest statement of caring you can offer is a healthy vegetarian diet." Yntema is a committed speaker for the whole realm of vegetarianism, encompassing animal rights and world hunger as well as simply providing an alternative to eating meat, poultry, and fish. She covers a lot of territory, meandering from manners at mealtime to child development (five pages), peer pressure, the history of vegetarianism, children's health, and moral development and social responsibility. Books are listed throughout the text as well as in a bibliography. For comprehensive collections. Patty Miller, New Hampshire Vocational-Technical Coll. Lib., Laconia
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: McBooks Press; Updated edition (June 25, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935526226
• ISBN-13: 978-0935526226
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #416,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the mommy of a 2yr. old and 4yr. old!, December 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Vegetarian Children: A Supportive Guide for Parents (Paperback)

I really, really love this book. As a matter of fact, I do not know what I would have done without it when I transitioned my children to a vegetarian diet.
A vegetarian myself, I finally decided it was time to introduce this lifestyle to my kids. The catch was, I wanted to do it right. I wanted to KNOW what I was doing and how to do it perfectly so that not only where my children experiencing the healthiest diet, but also so that I knew my "stuff" when I would most likely be harrassed, or at least questioned by family, friends, or anyone about the way I chose to feed my children (and trust me, I was on all accounts).
Anyway.... I found this book, and invested my dollars in it, hoping to find all the info I needed. And I did. This book is complete with nutrition tables informing you of requirements in all vitamins and minerals, weight and height charts for kids of all ages, special considerations to be taken for veggie parents, and more. There is a section that concentrates on studies done for the past several decades, and an explanation for each.
All in all, this is a great book to have if you need some help and info about introducing and raising your children vegetarian. I reccommend it highly. If you would like a veggie kids cookbook (recipes that most kids LOVE), I also highly reccommend "Better than Peanut Butter & Jelly". Perfect duo!

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT BOOK!, March 27, 2000

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This review is from: Vegetarian Children: A Supportive Guide for Parents (Paperback)

As a new parent, and vegetarian, I found this book very helpful in how to deal with outings at other people homes, etc. It also deals with the validity of raising vegetarian children, a plus considering my family is supportive of our choice. A great book for anyone raising a vegetarian family!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helps Parents and We Need It!!, November 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Vegetarian Children: A Supportive Guide for Parents (Paperback)

Anything that can help a parent is a great resource to have nearby! I like the sections on quick meals for working families and alternative Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas celebrations. Very interesting!

Also, the interviews with vegetarian parents are a great sharing of information and experience.