So, a question for you is this: is it “child abuse” to force a young child to eat a vegan diet, or are those of us concerned just being “old fashioned’ and stuck in our ways?
That’s the question I pose to you today, as we discuss this very young teenage mom who is raising her child as a vegan and eating guilt-free snacks.
If you saw your neighbor doing this to their kid, would you step in and help? Or ignore it?
Daily Mail reported that A teenage vegan mother has revealed she is raising her baby on a vegan diet and 'no-guilt' foods - and doesn't even let her watch TV.
Chloe-Elizabeth Elliot from Pontefract raises her daughter Elizabeth-Hope on a rigorous diet of oats, yoghurt and homemade pasta, as well as a fresh serving of fruits every day.
So manicured are her baby's taste buds that on her first birthday, the tot ate the fruit around her cake and skipped the carby treat completely.
And the 19-year-old content creator is totally headstrong about her choices, claiming other people's opinions don't bother her.
'I just brush negative comments away. I will just tell people to educate themselves,' she said.
Chloe modelled her daughter's diet after her own in a bid to save her from a similar fate – one which left her frightened over whether or not she would ever have the chance to have kids when she was diagnosed with chronic endometriosis.
Chronic endometriosis is a condition which can sometimes make it harder for a woman to become pregnant. It is described as an inflammation of the lining of the uterus, typically caused by an infection.
The mother blames the prognosis on a potential link between hormones in meat and dairy with having endometriosis and polycystic ovaries.
When the self-proclaimed 'modern mum' fell pregnant with her only child at 17, she knew right away that veganism was the best solution for her family.
The science on her claims about meat causing endometriosis is about as settled as “climate science.” It just depends on the study you read, because they’ll all say something different.
I think the most important thing is making sure her child is healthy today, and eating a well-rounded diet so her bones and organs can grow normally and healthily.
So, what say you… is this abuse or no?
