Vegetarianism is a great weapon for teenage children as it (simultaneous) gives them a sense of (individual) and moral superiority while at the same time making their parents feel small and (guilt) Not (surprise), most of the militant teenage vegetarians I've known have, a few years later, resorted first to eating fish, then chicken and then, with some (embarrass), to meat. (fortune), if you're a factory-farmed animal at least, vegetarianism is often no more than a phase in teenagers and it's important to realise that vegetarianism is more to do with teenage (rebel) than a real mora! stand. I often think it's a soft — and rather (admire) — middle-class rebellion option that is used by kids who are too well-behaved to use drugs or come home drunk with rings in their noses.