Alexandra Sabol shared a short video in which she serves her daughter donuts for breakfast.
The mother has received several negative comments from people condemning her for feeding her child unhealthy food.
But one ticktocker came out in her defense and asked people to stop making assumptions about others based on a few seconds of video..
A mother posted a video of herself cooking breakfast for her one-year-old child, but what she treated her daughter to blew up the Internet. Alexandra Sabol, the mother who shot the viral video, has gained up to 12.3 million views after she was seen giving her child three small powdered doughnuts with a bag of fruit sauce.
Breakfast shocked many people, some called the mom from TikTok a “lazy parent” and accused her of feeding her child unhealthy food. Others told her that cooking eggs and fruits would require less effort and at the same time be more nutritious.
Sabol’s video was filled with negative comments that went as far as calling her a parent of the “absolute minimum.” People hinted that her child deserved more and told the mother that she needed to try harder. “This can’t really be happening,” the commentator responded.
The video even earned Sabol the tag “Mom is a doughnut” and caused a lot of controversy about the expectations and standards that are imposed on mothers. Eventually, another ticktocker, Bailey Mcphair, came to Sabol’s defense.
Mcfair spoke about the double standards that took place as the “Donut Mom” saga progressed. She noted that people are more likely to criticize mothers like Sabol, who do not have the largest subscribers or who do not meet the expected standards of beauty and physique of famous authority moms.
The TikTok user continued to emphasize that there are many cases when influential people fill their carts with hundreds of dollars worth of products and purchase some of the most unhealthy products. But since they are considered “thin”, it is easy to overlook these things and notice it in a mother who reliably shows one day of her life.
MacPherson reasoned that some days are better for mothers than others. “I’m a mom, and yet sometimes you know what [my daughter] eats? Cakes, donuts, French fries, cookies, because she deserves to live a little bit, because sometimes, although it’s not the best, sometimes, moms, we’re not in the best shape. Sometimes we miss something,” the mother shared.
Mcpher realized that Sabol was being judged for one video, and regretted that people had not viewed her profile before exposing her as a “minimal” parent.
Tiktoker was saddened by the mean comments Sabol received and admitted that while browsing the comments section, she unsubscribed from other common mothers who were unkind and condemned Sabol.
In the end, Mcpher wanted to stand up for Sabol because she was sorry for being portrayed as a bad mother in a one-minute video. She wanted her clip to be a reminder that sometimes mothers don’t show themselves in the best way, but they do their best to be with their children.
She repeated that feeding a child donuts and fruit sauce every day is unhealthy, but it is important to take into account the context and not judge a person’s upbringing based on a video that gives you an idea of only a few seconds of his life.
Mcpher urged people to introspect. She reiterated that writing people off as bad parents only deepens the condemnation that mothers are subjected to and makes it harder for others to showcase some realistic and not-so-ideal moments in their lives.
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