I coaxed my vegan grandchildren into eating sausages and chicken - is that so wrong? By Anonymous Published: 12:05, 20 June 2024 | Updated: 16:41, 22 June 2024 e-mail 152 shares 239 View comments A few days ago, my granddaughter Molly made a confession as I walked her home from school. Giving me a sheepish look, she confided, ‘Grandma, I tried a chicken nugget yesterday!’ She’s 13, so you may think this is unremarkable, but to me the news was seismic. Because Molly has been vegan since the age of six, a decision made by my eldest daughter, Nicky, that I thoroughly disagree with.

I asked Molly what she thought of her first taste of meat for seven years — the only one she has any memory of — and she said it was ‘quite nice’. I had to hide my euphoric grin. I can’t say this openly, but I long for my grandchildren to quit their vegan diet, which is tearing our family apart and, I’m sure, damaging their health.

I've even resorted to deliberately trying to coax my grandchildren into eating meat, writes the anonymous contributor I’ve even resorted to deliberately trying to coax them into eating meat. Can you blame me? Catering for their diet has become hellish, especially since I do school pick-up and cook their tea twice a week. Nicky’s other child, Theo, has been vegan since he was born seven years ago, and is now an outspoken mini activist.

If I take him to the supermarket, he’ll loudly refuse to go down ‘the dead animal aisle’ when I need to buy meat..