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[quote=Anonymous]We have a pot of rice and beans in the refrigerator 95% of the time, and it's always a meal option for my semi-vegetarian kid if she doesn't want to eat the family dinner. She is not strict about vegetarianism, though, and there are lots of meals in which she has decided that, although she is a "vegetarian", she'll happily eat the meat. As parents we have affirmatively decided NOT to make a big deal about what she eats. She can choose meat or beans for just about any meal, and I think it's helped her to have a really flexible approach.

The other thing we did is emphasize that if she wants to be vegetarian, she needs to eat VEGETABLES. I was worried that otherwise she might head down a semi-restrictive eating path with fewer and fewer available options. She can decide whether or not she cares for certain vegetables, of course, but it was clear that openness to trying and eating a variety of vegetables was important.

My kid has been "vegetarian" for about 2 years, and she probably eats meat dinner 2-3 days a week, we have a vegetarian dinner as a family 2-3 days a week, and she chooses rice/beans 1-2 days. [/quote]

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