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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Serious question: how will eating chicken help him "cope once he is on his own" better?

I'm not a vegetarian, but I don't see why your son can't eat beans and pulses, and possibly some organic eggs or cheese if he wants, for protein?  I would think this would be healthier?  Can you concentrate on teaching him to cook balanced vegetarian meals?

I lived in South Asia for a few years for work and really liked the vegetarian meal options: such variety and flavor.  I don't think your son is missing anything essential, and worry that a young man who wasn't taught to cook balanced meals on his own but has now been encouraged to eat fast food chicken might fall down an unhealthy rabbit hole of fast food and unhealthy eating when he is on his own.  [/quote]

+1. Especially if you/he don’t plan to cook meat, the cheaper options are going to be unhealthy. What problem are you trying to solve? That is relevant. Not enough options if he goes to a rural college, needs to gain weight/muscle, etc etc? FWIW, I don’t think meat is needed, but it would be helpful to know. 
- raised Indian vegetarian, now an omnivore, in a nuclear family composed of both.

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