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Hi there! If you’re a kid...

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...this video is
for you! Although I suppose the adults can watch too- if you want to let them.

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Hi it’s Emily from Bite Size Vegan and welcome
to another vegan nugget. So this is the first

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time that I’m making a video specifically
for you- and it’s something that I hope to do

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more of. Of course you're welcome to watch
any of my videos, but I wanted to make one special just for you.

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So today we’re going to talk about milk.
Maybe you're interested in not eating

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animals, or being what we call “vegan”
and your parents may not support you.

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Or, it could be that your parents or family
members want to stop eating animals and be

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vegan and you don’t quite understand why.
All of those things can be confusing and scary,

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and frustrating. You you might be feeling
angry or sad, or upset, and that’s okay.

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One thing I want to tell you is that just
because you’re a kid, or basically just

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because your’e younger than me- cause I’m
pretty old!- doesn’t mean I’m going to

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talk down to you. If you’re watching this
video, I’m sure you’re pretty smart. And

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if your parents are showing this video to you, that
means they know you’re smart. I believe

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that you deserve to know the truth just as
much as any adult.

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But I also want you to know that I’m not
going to show you anything scary, so don’t

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worry about that. Also, I will be talking a bit about
you as a baby with your mom but if you didn’t

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grow up with your mom, that’s okay. You
can still apply what we’re going to talk

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about, because you have family in your life
who love you and that’s what we’ll focus on.

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So what’s wrong with drinking milk? I’m
sure you’ve had adults tell you that it

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helps you grow big and strong. You probably
see all your friends drinking it and kids

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on TV and movies. You may have even had a
doctor tell you to drink your milk, so how can it be bad?

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Well, let’s first talk about why milk isn’t
really good for our bodies.

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When you were born, the first food you ever
eat was your mother’s milk. Your mom’s

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body made that milk just for you with everything
you needed to grow. You see, babies grow really

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fast and they need to be eating the best foods so
they can be healthy.

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Once you were big enough to eat other foods,
your mom’s body stopped making milk because

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it knew you didn’t need it anymore.

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Well cows, the animals that we get our milk from,
have bodies that work just like that. Mother

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cows carry their babies for 9 months just
like your mom did. And once they have their

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babies, their body creates milk for them,
just like your mom’s did.

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Now I probably don’t have to tell you, but
you were a lot smaller than a baby cow and

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didn’t really look the same. So it would
make sense that you needed different milk

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than a baby cow, right?

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I mean, drinking milk from a cow is like
trying to wear the pants of an elephant, if

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elephants wore pants… It’s just not a
good fit.

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And here’s the even weirder thing- we adults
often keep drinking milk from cows long after

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we stopped drinking our mom’s milk and long
after the baby cows stopped drinking their

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mom’s milk. It’s like we’re wearing
elephant pants every day, which is just about

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as silly of an idea.

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Now there’s another big reason vegans
don’t drink cows milk, and this one is really

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important. We’re going to talk about some
things are sad, but I’ll be here to help you through it.

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Remember how we said that your mom’s body made
milk for you and how a momma cow’s body

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does the same for her baby? Well, baby cows
will drink all of their mother’s milk right up.

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Just like they’re supposed to and just
like you did, and there wouldn’t be any left for people.

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But because so many people want to drink the
milk of mother cows, the dairy farmers have

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to take the baby cows away so that they can
give the mothers milk to people.

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Now I know your mother and family must love
you so very much and she probably tells you

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that a lot. Can you imagine how scared and
sad she would be if someone took you away

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from her? Can you imagine how scared you would
be if you were taken away from your mother and family?

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I know that’s not a nice thing to think
about, but remember, I told you I would tell

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you the truth no matter what, and that’s
what happens to the mommas and babies that we get our milk from.

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Now, after being taken from their mothers,
the baby cows are put into tiny little cages

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with no room to turn around, which is even
scarier because they don’t have their moms

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to protect them. The momma cows will cry for
days for their babies because they miss them

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so much, just like your mom would miss you.

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When they’re only a couple months old, the
baby cows are killed to made into a type of meat

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called veal. Just like hamburgers or “beef”
comes from the bodies of cows, veal comes

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from the bodies of baby cows. Now I don’t
have to tell you how sad that is. And all

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so that we can have milk that we don’t even
need.

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Now you may think that cows always make milk.
And don’t feel bad because a lot of adults

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think that too. But remember how we talked
about your mom’s body making milk for you

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and how it stopped making milk when you were
big enough and didn’t need it anymore?

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Well, when the baby cow is big enough, the momma
cow’s body also stops making milk.

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So the only way for us to get the milk we
drink from cows is for momma cows to have to have

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more and more babies, more than they would
if they could choose. And every baby is taken

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away. This is probably one of the saddest
things you can imagine. I’m sure your mother

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and family would never let anyone harm you
or take you. And the momma cows want to protect

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their babies just as much.

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Now you may wonder why no one has ever told you
this before. Or why we adults keep doing this

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to momma and baby cows. Well, sometimes I wish
I knew too. A lot of it has to do with money,

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which you will learn makes people do really
funny things.

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And I know that if you knew this before, you
wouldn’t ever want to drink cows milk, because

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I know you don’t want to hurt mother and
baby cows like that.

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Well, here’s the good news, there are all
kinds of milk you can drink that don’t hurt

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anyone. And I’ll tell you a secret- they
taste a whole lot better than cows milk.

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Though I’m sure the baby cows would disagree,
and they're actually really good for your body!

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There’s even flavors like chocolate, vanilla,
and strawberry, and there are delicious yogurts

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and even cheese that all come from plants.
So you can be happy and healthy, and the baby

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cows, and their mommas can be too.

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I have links to these products and more information
for you if you want on my website, which I’ve

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linked up there and in the video description.
Feel free to ask for help from your family

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if you need help finding it. And you can contact
me anytime at the bottom of my website.

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I hope that this was helpful. And thank you
for listening even in the hard parts.

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I had a feeling that you were smart enough and cared
enough about animals to tough it out. Now

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you know why we don’t drink milk and my
hope is that you’ll choose not to too. Let me

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know what you thought of the video in the
comments. 


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I need your help to make sure that I'm doing the best job that I can do.

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So feel free to tell me what you liked and what you didn't like.

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And if you have other things that you’d like me to cover, let me know!

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You can also check out some of my videos here for lots of tasty food that you can eat that's vegan.

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I have entire recipe playlists that are based around Christmas or Thanksgiving, but you can eat that food any time of the year.

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Now go live vegan and I’ll see you soon.

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Now, no video would be complete without Ooby.

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This is Ooby and she is vegan too.

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So even Ooby can eat in a way that doesn't hurt other animals.

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Now, I don't have a kid myself but if anyone took Ooby away, I'd be really sad.

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So, that's what I try to think about when I look at milk and other dairy products.

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Say 'Bye Bye!' Ooby. 'Bye Bye!'