«Help, our son wants to eat a vegan diet!»

Our son, 13, wants to eat a vegan diet. We are a family of five and we all eat "normally". Do we really have to cook something different for him now? We did some research; vegan cooking is not exactly easy.

Peter, 48, and Claudia, 41, Dagmersellen LU

What our team of experts says:

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Our team of experts:
Nicole Althaus, 49, is editor-in-chief of magazines, member of the editorial board of "NZZ am Sonntag", columnist and author. She initiated and managed the mum blog on "Tagesanzeiger.ch" and was editor-in-chief of "wir eltern". Nicole Althaus is the mother of two children aged 18 and 14.
Stefanie Rietzler is a psychologist, author ("Erfolgreich lernen mit ADHS") and runs the Academy for Learning Coaching in Zurich. www.mit-kindern-lernen.ch
Peter Schneider, 59, works as a psychoanalyst and columnist in Zurich. Until 2017, he was Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology in Bremen; he currently teaches the history and theory of psychoanalysis in Berlin.

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