Raising a Vegan Kid in a Non-Vegan World

Some of our friends literally eat their pets.

Little kid with little dog: BFFs Photo by Levi Saunders on Unsplash

“I am a mean bergen,” my daughter says, with a mischievous grin, “and each bite I eat is a troll. Will you make them scream and plead for their lives as I eat them?”

My 4-year-old is enjoying a dinner of stir-fried broccoli, carrots, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, snow peas, mukimame, cashews…