A young mother has been food shamed by nasty trolls on social media for having a pantry full of ‘unhealthy’ snacks.
Carlie – who has a toddler son – had turned to a Kmart fan page on Facebook to get ideas from other parents on how to re-organise her family’s snacks.
Accompanying her kitchen dilemma, she casually shared a picture of her pantry – not knowing she left herself vulnerable to a barrage of unwanted criticism.
Her pantry showed two shelves packed with cheese-flavoured chips, popcorn, fruit cups, teddy bear biscuits, and cereal boxes.
A mother has been food shamed by nasty trolls for having a pantry full of ‘unhealthy’ snacks after she turned to Facebook seeking for ideas on how to re-organise her kitchen
Accompanying her kitchen dilemma, the Sydney mother shared a picture of her pantry showing snacks
‘Hey mums.. I need ideas to store my son’s (and husband’s) snacks,’ Carlie wrote.
‘It’s taking over my whole pantry. I don’t really want anything with closed containers because my nearly three year old can’t open them and grab whatever he wants.
‘So something he can easily access… I’m getting cereal containers tomorrow thank god,’ she added, along with a laughing crying emoticon.
But her seemingly innocent post quickly erupted, with many people accusing the Sydney mother of feeding her toddler boy junk food.
‘In today’s day and age with so many overweight and unhealthy kids, it’s not good to see so much junk being fed to them,’ one person said.
Another chimed in: ‘That’s a lot of snack food though. Who let their toddler just grab what they want anyway? No I wasn’t perfect either. But my kids knew not to just help themselves when ever they felt like a snack.’
‘If people don’t want negative comments, don’t post this stuff,’ another said.
Another posted: ‘I used to be 103kg because of the sh** in this photo and my lack of my parents teaching me and buying the right foods.
And another said: ‘If she’s too busy to feed a three-year-old a banana instead of letting him help himself to a pack of chips then maybe she shouldn’t have a three-year-old.’
Many people accusing the Sydney mother of feeding her toddler boy junk food (stock image)
However, many parents jumped to the mother’s defence.
One said: ‘It’s obviously just the snack shelf. Gees all these perfect parents that never give their kids a treat.’
Another added: ‘Here comes the perfect parent parade.’
‘If they saw my pantry pretty sure I would be chased with pitchforks and torches,’ another said, along with laughing crying emoticons.
And another added: ‘Has she caused you any harm by doing this? If not, maybe just move on and stop being so judgemental!’
Despite the backlash, Carlie said she wasn’t offended by the mean remarks.
‘It was a snap shot into my son’s and the rest of my household’s snacks. They didn’t see inside my fridge, my fruit bowl and freezer,’ she said news.com.au.
‘They may not agree with what I do and that’s fine, but mothers should build each other up not rip into each other.’