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A few weeks ago my son, all three years and 10 months of him, declared himself vegetarian.

We posed questions to him trying to determine if he really had any notion of what "vegetarian" means. He told us it meant that he didn't like meat.

Being a former vegetarian (though I never gave up fish), I corrected him that it meant that the person doesn't eat meat. I know a few vegetarians who still admit that a nice thick juicy prime rib is still awfully good and very tempting sometimes.

He then told us, "I am a vegetarian, and I don't eat meat."

I am pretty sure this is a case of karma. See, when I was in graduate school, one of the other students explained to all of us first-year students that she was vegan and had been since she was three years old. She kind of drove us all up the wall a little (for different and random reasons), and I remember saying to myself (and maybe to others), "No way does a 3-year-old declare themselves vegan!" See - has to be a karma thing. Consider me bitten. ... ... My son is lucky I suppose. As a former vegetarian myself, I understand nutritional requirements and alternate sources of protein. I don't really have a problem with him not eating meat if that is really what he chooses — though my Alaskan husband might. Yep, he is lucky I understand all this and don't fall for his ploys of "I don't eat meat Mommy. Can I have fruit snacks?"

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