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Mum sparks huge debate after sharing child’s vegan lunchbox

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Updated 18:44 8 Feb 2024 GMTPublished 17:50 8 Feb 2024 GMT

Mum sparks huge debate after sharing child’s vegan lunchbox

The meal included a 'chicken' sandwich, mini 'no' eggs, a vegan sausage roll and sweet potato falafel bites

Rhianna Benson

Rhianna Benson

As the debate over whether or not to enforce your dietary beliefs onto your kids rumbles on, a mum has sparked debate after revealing the contents of a vegan lunchbox that her toddler son recently received at a children's party.

Emma Louger was blown away after her little boy returned home from a day of partying with his pals with a 'chicken' sandwich and mini 'no' eggs, amongst other plant-based snacks.

Taking to Twitter, the mother-of-two shared a snap of the treat bundle claiming that, though she'd been happy to supply her youngster with some food for his day out, the tot had been overjoyed that the birthday boy's mum had gone above and beyond to supply him with a healthy, vegan-friendly lunchbox.

As well as the sandwich and sweet snack, the bundle also contained bite-sized sweet potato falafel balls, as well as a vegan sausage roll and plant-based Kit-Kat.

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Despite expressing her pleasant surprise that her son had enjoyed making his way through his meat and dairy free meal, Emma inadvertently sparked a heated debate amongst her social media followers over whether or not he should have been given vegan food.

One follower dubbed it 'criminal' for the party-organiser parent to have given a child that isn't her own a vegan meal.

How would you feel if your child came home with a vegan lunchbox?
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Another went on to argue that young children were 'supposed to have things like pizza and ice cream' at their age, as opposed to the mature snacks that had been placed inside the lunch box.

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"Well done for forcing your oppressive vegan views on a child," a third hit out.

Another ordered the birthday boy's mother to 'stop forcing your views on your children'.

One - frankly, out of order - internet user even went as far as to describe the lunchbox-packing mother as an 'attention seeking narcissist', who 'probably squirts whipped cream straight into their mouth behind closed doors'.

Other, more reasonably-minded Instagram users, however, calmly expressed their belief that children should enjoy a varied diet in the younger years before receiving the choice to convert to veganism later down the line.

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Luckily for the birthday boy's mother - and Emma who constructed the original tweet - others defended the vegan lunchbox.

What are your thoughts on a vegan diet for children?
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"If he wanted it, he wanted it. If he didn't he could just throw it in the bin. It's up to him really," one penned.

Another insisted it was 'lovely' to see parents including each and every member of their child's party guests, making sure each tot had a 'proper lunch'.

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A third mother described it as both 'precious and generous' to put the lunchbox together, and someone else expressed 'how incredible and thoughtful such a gesture is to a vegan'.

Featured Image Credit: emlougar/Twitter/gpointstudio/Getty Images

Topics: Food and Drink, Parenting, Vegan, Social media

Rhianna Benson
Rhianna Benson

Rhianna is an Entertainment Journalist at LADbible Group, working across LADbible, UNILAD and Tyla. She has a Masters in News Journalism from the University of Salford and a Masters in Ancient History from the University of Edinburgh. She previously worked as a Celebrity Reporter for OK! and New Magazines, and as a TV Writer for Reach PLC.

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