This Mom Secretly Hid Meat And Other Animal Products In Her Vegan Son’s Meals Ever Since He Was A Teenager
Many parents have been stuck with having to adjust their meals or insist on not adjusting their meals after their children decide they want to eat differently from the rest of the family.
For instance, if you’re a parent, have you ever had to deal with your kid sitting at the dinner table and suddenly declaring they want to become a vegetarian?
Or perhaps your kid watched a documentary in health class and came home from school insistent on only eating a vegan diet from now on?
While these sudden changes can be annoying, many parents try their hardest to accommodate their children and adjust their meals for them.
Still, other parents don’t have the luxury of changing their meals or insist that their children continue eating what’s on the menu for the rest of their family.
A video of an argument between a mother and her vegan son recently went viral, as they can be heard discussing how she hid meat and other animal products in his food since he was a teenager.
The video, secretly filmed by someone at their dinner table, was posted on Instagram and sparked a debate about cooking for kids.
The beginning of the video shows the mother’s son, who is now an adult, asking her how long she’s been hiding animal products in his food.
“I’ve never stopped doing it, really,” responds the mom.
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Her son then asks if she did this even when he was 15, which was when he decided to pursue a vegan diet and made it “very clear” that he no longer wanted to eat meat or animal products.
His mom says she still fed him animal products when he was that age because he was “still growing,” and she worried that a lack of protein and nutrients derived from meat wouldn’t be good for him at that age.
“I wasn’t going to let you damage your health with some silly idea,” says the mom.
“That’s ridiculous,” responds her son. “If anything, I’d be healthier.”
His mom then explains that she never meant to upset him; she simply wanted to ensure he was getting all the nutrients he needed while eating her food and did this behind his back to avoid making a big deal of it.
Her son was still appalled, telling her that what she did with her cooking went against everything he stood for. The video received hundreds of comments on Instagram, with many users voicing their opinions on what the mother and her son should’ve done the moment he wanted to change his diet.
“It’s messed up, but I would never have put meat in his food,” commented one Instagram user. “I would have made him cook his own meals, though.”
“Super easy fix: cook your own food and move out of your mom’s house,” commented another user.
Do you think the mother was being maternal by doing that to her son’s meals, or did she violate his trust?
You can watch the original video on Instagram here.
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