Mom’s Secret Smoothie Recipe: Savior or Betrayal?

Imagine having a teenage daughter who’s struggling with her health, and you feel helpless as a parent. That’s exactly what happened to this single mom of twin girls. When one of her daughters, Kylie, started losing weight and skipping meals, she knew she had to do something. But what she did next has the internet divided. Was she a savior or did she betray her daughter’s trust? Let’s dive into the story.

Kylie’s Troubling Eating Habits

Mom’s New Dinner Rule ️

A Sister’s Concern

Seeking Professional Help

A Frightening Diagnosis

Therapy Sessions Begin

A Scary Moment at Cheer Practice

Mom’s Secret Smoothie Plan

The Secret Ingredient

Doctor’s Approval

Progress and Motivation

Caught Red-Handed

Kylie’s Discovery and Anger

Therapist’s Disapproval

Betrayal and Progress ‍♀️

A Strained Relationship

Savior or Betrayer: The Smoothie Saga

This mom’s story has the internet torn. On one hand, her secret smoothie plan helped her daughter gain weight and get back on track with her health. On the other, it betrayed her daughter’s trust and set back months of progress in therapy. While the mom believes her actions were necessary, her daughter and therapist disagree. Was she right to take matters into her own hands, or should she have respected her daughter’s autonomy? Let’s see what people think about this controversial situation.

A comment on good intentions gone wrong. YTA.

Well-meaning but misguided, YTA parent undermines daughter’s eating disorder recovery.

Betraying trust of daughter with ED – YTA.

Slipping weight gainers to daughter with ED: YTA and lost her trust.

Mother’s good intentions backfire, daughter’s mental health suffers. YTA.

OP’s refusal to acknowledge mistake and double down makes YTA.

Commenter warns against damaging trust and control in relationship.

A mother’s good intentions backfire, leading to triggering her daughter’s ED.

Forcing your child to clean their plate can lead to purging

Betraying mom’s trust jeopardizes her therapy progress

NAH. Parent’s intervention to save child’s life is justified

Mom violated daughter’s privacy for smoothie, needs therapy.

Honesty is key when helping with eating disorders.

Commenter calls out YTA for hiding betrayal

Commenter calls out OP for secretly adding fattening smoothies.

A comment calls out the post as fake, but a reply sheds light on a difficult reality.

Mother tries to help daughter with eating disorder, but faces backlash

NTA. Concerned mother seeks advice on helping daughter with eating disorder

Mother’s weight loss actions may have caused daughter’s eating disorder. YTA.

Supportive comment about eating disorder recovery and advice for parenting

Empathetic comment acknowledges mistake in difficult situation with eating disorder

Daughter’s therapist was right, YTA for cutting communication.

YTA for sabotaging her progress, as therapist warned.

Commenter shares personal experience with eating disorders and offers advice.

Well-meaning but misguided approach to smoothie recipe

Mother’s obsession with thinness led to daughter’s eating disorder.

NAH commenter defends sneaky smoothie, but former AN patient disagrees.

Debate over whether adding calories to a bulimic’s smoothie helps.

Commenter calls out YTA for worsening eating disorder

Consulting with the therapist before making the smoothie was important

Betraying trust? YTA for hiding the smoothie recipe.

NAH expresses the importance of physical health in eating disorders

A heartfelt apology for a controversial smoothie recipe.

Mother’s care appreciated by former anorexic daughter.

A delicate situation: mom’s secret smoothie to save her daughter.

Commenter calls out OP for overbearing and vindictive behavior

Advice from someone with an eating disorder: seek professional help

Prioritize daughter’s mental health over judging who’s the a**hole

Encouraging support for helping a malnourished loved one.

Daughter’s therapist calls out YTA mom’s betrayal

Daughter loses trust in mom after smoothie recipe betrayal

Commenter calls out YTA for setting back mental state.

Commenter calls out YTA for harmful approach to eating disorders.

Self-doubt turns commenter into an a**hole

Putting your plan in motion without consulting the therapist? YTA

Commenter suggests seeking medical help for child’s eating disorder ‍

Daughter gaining weight, YTA for hiding diet pills.

Deception and weight gain – YTA comment section gets heated

Deception in food is a major no-no! YTA

Possible eating disorder, needs proper diagnosis and treatment

Commenter shares personal experience with ED and distrust towards mother.

Messing with someone’s ED recovery is dangerous. YTA

YTA tampered with food, not sorry enough to make amends.

Betraying trust: adding weight-gain powder to smoothies for anorexic daughter. YTA.

A heartbreaking comment on the effects of betrayal and eating disorders

Commenter warns against unhealthy weight loss methods.

Struggling with body image due to mom’s comments

Mom’s smoothie saves daughter’s life, but is it controversial?

Parent defends using secret smoothie recipe to save daughter’s life.

Betraying trust and triggering eating disorders is not okay. YTA.

Secretly tampering with her food? YTA or NAH?