A mum of two revealed her go-to meal for when her toddlers are feeling especially fussy, but received mixed responses as it was a rather unusual dish of melted cheese…
A mum sparked controversy after revealing she feeds her children plates of melted cheese if they don’t want their dinner.
The woman, named Synclair, is an Instagram creator who makes videos about her life as a mum of two toddlers and everything that comes with it.
One of her videos recently went viral with over hundred thousand likes as she showed her viewers a meal she often gives her kids if they’re feeling especially picky for dinner.
In the video, she is seen sprinkling a layer of cheese onto a plate before microwaving it, saying it was her toddler’s choice of dinner that day.
“Head’s up if you’re feeling guilty about feeding your toddler. Here’s what mine ate for dinner tonight because he refused a tortilla with his quesadilla,” she wrote on the video.
She went on to explain in the caption of the video: “This is a huge hit with my picky eaters.”
While the video secured thousands of views, people weren’t sure what to think about the meal. Some people were quick to criticise the mum for her parenting choices.
One person wrote: “Parents who allow this are weak,” while another user said: “Have you tried parenting?” Others showed their support for Synclair, saying she did the right thing for not forcing anything onto her kids.
Another argued: “He got his protein, what more can you ask?” while someone else added: “Cheese is far from the worst thing a kid could eat. Some protein, some fat, good calcium – pick your battles.”
“Thank you very much, that helped my soul more than you think,” a third user wrote.
Some also shared their own experiences of having been forced to eat things by their parents, and how they were happy to see Synclair listening to her children.
“You’re a fantastic mum. When I was a kid, I was extremely malnutritioned and underweight because my parents just put whatever they were also having in front of me, and if I didn’t eat it, that was that. I just wouldn’t eat for days in a row until they made a meal that I was comfortable with,” a user said.
The person added: “But the whole ‘they’ll eat when they’re hungry enough’ thing doesn’t work, I just ended up under developed and my period came three years later than it should have because of the starvation. Parents who are willing to help their kids eat SOMETHING are incredible.”