We get it, parenting can be frustrating?especially when your kid refuses to eat the meal you just put some serious elbow grease into. But beating your kid’s stuffed animal to scare them into eating is not cool. In fact, we’d say it’s psychologically abusive.
For those who haven’t seen these disturbing videos on the internet, some parents are offering food to their kids’ stuffed animals and then violently beating the stuffie when it “refuses” to eat. After seeing their parents throwing punches, the child then accepts the food?clearly out of fear that they’ll be beaten, too, if they don’t eat it. Yikes.
Here are some examples (but be warned, these videos may be disturbing to some viewers):

When kids don?t wanna eat… this is what you gotta do #imdead pic.twitter.com/DZJri3gCBn — wild cherry (@rudyhernandez_) June 20, 2019

We wanted to try out that stuffed animal truck that made babies eat their food. pic.twitter.com/pL5InFiLVH
— Sehnya (@Sehnyaa) June 19, 2019

I had to try this…. OMG IM DEADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Posted by Vet Fikes on Tuesday, May 28, 2019

While many people on the internet found the videos funny, we definitely do not. Don’t you see the fear in those kids’ eyes" Threatening your child with violence is not okay, and while the parents in these videos are only hitting stuffed animals, they’re sending their kids a clear message that if they don’t eat ...