Mom Accused Of Promoting Disordered Eating For Serving Sparkling Water At Teen Party

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Sep 11, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

Parents should definitely not be pushing diet-culture-type foods on their children. It sends mixed messages about food, and strength, and overall health. However, not everyone considers the same foods to be a part of the 'toxic diet culture world.' Some people could get triggered by fruit because it reminds them of the fruit cleanse they went on when they were trying to lose 10 pounds. But for other people, it's just a sweet treat. They don't have the same connotation to it.

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    Font - r/AmltheAsshole u/throwFish536 · 4d + Join O 1 e1 3 6 5 AITA for having flavored sparking water at my teenage daughter's birthday party? Another mom accused me of trying to give her daughter an eating disorder. Not the A-hole
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    It was Reddit user u/throwFish536 who asked people on Reddit's 'Am I The A-hole page if she was the A-hole for serving La Croix's at her daughter's birthday party. At first glance, this story seems really misleading? There must be more to the story. Right?

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    Font - My daughter birthday party was on Saturday morning; she is 13 years old. We just hosted it in our backyard. For food we ordered pizzas, wings, garlic bread, tortilla chips, guacomole, salsa, pasta salad and burgers. When it came to drinks, We had water, sparkling water, lemonade.
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    So based on the party menu, this momma is clearly not pushing an 'over healthy' diet on her children. The only thing that is 'low-calorie' is the sparkling water. There are people who use sparkling water as a way to sub soda drinks, but these people need to understand that not everybody makes that same connection.

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    Font - So we have the birthday party everything is going well. One of the moms call her Lacy comes to pick up her daughter. She then finds her drinking a La Crouix. She tells her daughter to toss the drink, and then she comes up to me and is like why are you offering diet products to my children.
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    Handwriting - I'm like it's just sparkling water, she then flips out saying that her daughter does not need artificial soda replacements. She goes onto say if I want to give my children eating disorders I can do that but not for her children.
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    Font - I was taken a back and just how aggressive she was, and I didn't feel like I did anything wrong. I was like look I have pizza, wings, brownies this is not a diet party at all. She then tells me I have no right to judge what is a diet product or not. She and her daughter both left. Also she later posted on Facebook (I am not friends wit her) that 'some people are trying to push diet products onto children that aren't even theirs.'
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    Font - FWIW if my children want soda I am cool with them having it in moderation, but none of my children do. And it was just really odd for me too, like I have never heard of anyone say that flavored sparkling water is an artificial replacement for soda?? Also I didn't say anything to her but it was extra odd because both her and her daughter were obese, so its just extra odd they are accusing me of trying to give them eating disorders? 17.2k 1.9k ,↑, Share
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    Font - mizzlizcandler · 4d Partassipant [1] NTA at ALL. Seems to me like she was self conscious of her own issues and decided to attack you for it. I think it was clever you had sparkling water. You also had other options for drinks. It's not as though you forced her child to drink sparkling water. G Reply 1 16.8k 3 ...
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    Rectangle - MB1428 · 4d Asshole Enthusiast [6] NTA....that lady has serious issues. 6 Reply 1 4.5k 3
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    Font - YinzerChick70 · 4d Partassipant [3] NTA for offering sparkling water. The young lady had a choice, that's what she chose. Personal (informed) choice is a protective factor against EDs. I think mama is defensive about her size. You might be the ah for getting us all salivating over that party menu G Reply 4 2.9k 3
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    Font - SolutionLeading · 4d Asshole Enthusiast [5] Lmao WHAT?? NTA. What is an "artificial soda replacement"?? Ridiculous G Reply 4 1.5k 3 ...
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    Font - 100TonsOfCheese 4d NTA. What the hell is an artificial replacement for soda? Soda is not a natural product. There are no soda trees or natural Coke springs. That would be like calling Dr Pepper an artificial substitute for Coke. What a nut job!
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    Handwriting - Affectionate-Cup8746 · 4d Partassipant [1] Personally I think if anyone is going to give that kid eating disorders it will be her mom not you. 6 Reply 1 545 3 ...
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    Font - Annual-Contract-115 · 4d Partassipant [1] 1 Award NTA. but this is projecting hard about something. to be fair, it's not just skinny folks that have eating disorders so the whole "they are obese" thing in relation to EDs could have been left out. Although the fact that they are does make it curious that she jumped on "eating disorder" and not something like "are you calling my daughter fat, is that why you gave her a Diet Drink" (which would still be odd given all the food). So maybe that
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    Font - accadacca80 •4d Asshole Enthusiast [6] NTA - if she's concerned about what her daughter consumes, she should stay and monitor what her daughter drinks. Also, I don't think Sparkling Waters are diet drinks. From what I know they are not artificially sweetened and just have water, flavor, and CO2. 6 Reply 4 271
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