I wanna become a vegatarian, but my parents are against it.?!

I wanna become a vegatarian, but my parents are against it.?

I'm 16.
And I recently been persuaded about becoming a vegatartain.
I think it's the right thing to do.
But my parents think I'm too young and still finding who I am.
They say I need meat to help me grow and develop.
But I strongly feel different.
At dinner, they cook meat even knowing I'm against it.
and if i refuse to eat it, i get grounded, and everything gets taken away from me.
ipod, cellphone, the works.
How do I make them understand?

ANOTHER person asking this question!
Yikes. I thought my parent were the only ones like this -- seems a lot of people are just like my parents. How sad.

There are teens out there drinking, smoking, doing drugs, in gangs, doing crimes, and even killing, and all you want is to eat some vegetarian food... ha ha ha... the irony, huh?

At dinner, don't eat anything that you don't want to eat. Simple. Unfortunately there are no laws preventing parents from forcing their ways on their children who have decided they do not want to follow their ways.

I just recently answered this twice in detail. You'll find that the real answer has nothing to do with your food, but what it represents.

You'll find my answers here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...