I'm not a parent, but I've found that the easiest transitioning point is milk on cereal. Any slight taste difference is covered up by the cereal. My entire family is still happily omnivorous (and goes through about a gallon of cow's milk a day), but they choose to put almond milk on their cereal because they say it even tastes better. If your kids are uncomfortable with just drinking it, cereal might be a good way to help them get comfortable eating it.

My first step was to switch to organic which has a thicker, chalkier texture. Then as storknurse said, I started cutting it withorganic soy - first 1/4 then 1/2 & 1/2. I was saving the old gallon so when I bought a new one I would just pour half into the jug & fill with organic soy milk. Eventually they figured it out and they are teenagers now so I have organic soy, almond, coconut & rice milks in the house at all times and my husband still likes organic cows milk, so I still buy that too. They pick & choose what they drink in a glass, for chocolate milk, on their cereal, & in smoothies, on any given day.

I think coconut milk has a better resembalence to milk. Maybe empty out the milk container and refill it with alternatives milks. It truly is addicting. Glad your trying to switch them. Good luck!

This was the first challenge I faced when I decided to go Vegan. My 13 year old daughter had cereal daily and drank 1-2 large glasses of cow's milk a day. I told my daughter that it was really important to me to cut out dairy and she was open to trying to find an alternative. We tried Almond Milk, Soy Milk, Hemp Milk and finally Coconut Milk. Coconut Milk was the winner! I was shocked that she was okay with this transition since she had been drinking cow's milk her whole life but she has been fine with it ever since and loves it! Good luck and I hope it works out for you and your family.

This has been a bone of contention for me. I have 3 teenagers and they are so stuck in their ways. Sometimes, when we run out of cow's milk, I tell them I'm not going to the store and they'll have to use my soy milk in their cereal. Also, I use soy milk when making things like mac n cheese or mashed potatoes. Little steps lead to big strides (I hope)!

I was already biased against milk way before I started cutting out dairy for health reasons, because I think it tastes gross lol. I have really been cutting back on buying it for the family-I used to buy 3 gallons a week for three kids and hubby and now it's down to 1 gallon and the last one I had to dump part of it due to it going bad before they used it up I pack my kids lunches for school and last year they brought water every day-had no problems at all with it and plan on doing the same thing this year! My kid's also love chocolate almond milk and I'm thinking of mixing it with regular, to get them used to the non-chocolate version. I'd like to eventually have them use this instead of cow's milk.