Good on you! There’s no reason to repeat the mistakes of the past. My wife and I similarly have said “thank you but no thank you” to several pieces of grandparental wisdom.

Sorry I made my reply before I read yours! I agree. Exactly.

I’m pretty sure babies (based on my own experience with our two-year old) aren’t capable of manipulation. Crying is an instinctual behavior that’s meant to call parents in to help comfort a troubled infant. It’s on us to hear those cries. The baby is probably thinking something more like, “Help, help, I need some…

I know someone who did this. She convinced people to get tattoos, and pressured people to have sex with her since she was “dying.”

I agree. Better for us to figure out how to minimize our negative impact and maximize our positive one - that’s perhaps a better and more concrete goal than “moral superiority,” whatever that is, eh? It sounds like you and I have figured out very, very different ways to do good for the world, but hey, to each their…

I also grew up near food animals and have come to the opposite conclusion. How about: Treat them well, let them live out their lives in peace at a sanctuary... and eat plants?

I used to be one of those too, I hear you. Food is good! But ethics are good too. Just as we can give up sweatshop-produced items to reduce our support of human slavery and exploitation, we can also give up products that damage the environment, endanger workers, and cause untold suffering to the beings who have to be…

Many of them are weird but have you tried Chao? It's pretty incredible. I agree fakes aren't quite "right" but I grew up eating meat and cheese and eggs so facsimiles have been useful to me. And in the 15 years since I went vegan, the options have really improved.

I agree, it's soooo tough how expensive stuff can be, though vegan specialty foods have become cheaper as more people have become vegan and as environmental pressures have made it a more (economically and environmentally) sustainable choice for industry. We buy in bulk and grow and trade for some vegetables, to save…

The articles about crazy people who feed their babies only rice milk and call it veganism are a real concern, as well as a scare tactic! The real story about vegan babies, at least in our family's experience, is that you make sure they're eating a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains, and that…

Sure, I thought of many of them before I went vegan 15 years ago. Then I read more books.

Why not replace that egg with tempeh, seitan, beans, or tofu, and the cheddar with vegan cheese or tahini, and skip the cholesterol and animal cruelty? (Proud parent of an extremely healthy 2-year-old vegan kid here, as our non-vegan pediatrician would attest.)

I'll just leave this here. http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/lifecycle-nutr…

Why isn't Halloween twice a year, again? I don't know if I can wait until October.

Woah, how is Booda Butter not on this list? It's amazing and vegan and it smells like cookies.

Woah, how is Booda Butter not on this list? It's amazing and vegan and it smells like cookies.

Now I desperately want a vegan version of this. YUM

Awwwwwwwww

THANK YOU. Jesus, people.

When I was about 10, my mom lived in an apartment where the bathroom window looked out on a flat black tar roof. We put astroturf out there, and a kiddie pool, and a sunbathing chair for my mom (it was the '80s), turned on a tapedeck playing sounds from the ocean, and called it "the beach." Anyway, one day…

YES.