Vegetarianism is now main stream for American teenagers. Some become vegetarians because of concerns for cruelty done to animal raised for food. Some stop eating meat because of concerns for ecological destruction. Some are influenced by stars whom they regard as their role models.

Parents’ reaction is not very positive as most of them are worried if their children will get enough nutrition, but according to experts nutrition doesn’t seem to be a problem.

Vegetarian kids face many challenges in their vegetarian life as well. They prefer junk food to healthy food. Therefore, the vegetarian food they have is usually not very nutritious, like french fries. Then, they have very limited options at school cafeteria. Also, they don’t know what and where to eat when they hang out. Fitting into the family eating routine is another big problem. Hence, some kids have to plan and prepare their own meals, whereas some parents have to prepare extra meals for their vegetarian kids to make sure that they get proper diet.