"I'm raising my kids plant-based and show them cruel farming videos as education"
- 9 days ago
A mum is raising her children as plant-based - by showing "cruel" farming videos to "educate" them.
Lynds Aurora, 33, and her husband, Richie, 35, are both vegan and bring up their children - aged 14, 11, eight and six weeks - on fruit, vegetables, whole grains and nuts.
The couple feel so strongly about not eating meat they have shown their brood videos of "cruel" farming to "educate" them and say it has put them off for life.
Lynds and Richie say if one of their children told them they wanted to start eating meat they would educate them on why they don't.
Richie, a home schooler, from Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, said: "At the end of the day it is their decision.
"They have asked us why they don't eat meat and we have shown them how animals are treated and told them it is not necessary.
"We told them the reasons about it is cruel and they haven't wanted to since."
The couple also do not send their children to mainstream school - instead choosing to home educate them for three hours a day and teach them maths, science and english.
The parents say they made their first first "controversial" decision to take their eldest daughter out of mainstream education when she was just six years old.
Since then they haven't enrolled any of their other children into the mainstream education system.
Richie said: "Our first child was let down by the school system.
"She had a lot of hearing problems and struggled to hear but a lot of teachers misunderstood her.
"Through homeschooling we have been able to learn from our children and realise that they all come on in different stages.
"We teach them each around three hours a day, over a few hours you can cover what they do one to one in a whole school day."
Lynds also says she will not let their newborn daughter leave her side until she is over three years old - as she will exclusively breastfeed her until she's three years old.
Richie and Lynds are also passionate about co-sleeping with their children as they said it brings them better night of sleep.
Richie said: "The fact we're co-sleeping and breastfeeding, our daughter is very attached to us.
"With being breastfed, if they were to spend the night away we would need to pump and feed so it is easier that she is with us.
"Also, we want to wait until they are more sturdy to be able to take care of themselves."
Lynds added: "With our fourth child, the first couple of nights she slept next to us in the basket and would wake up crying.
"We brought her into our bed after a few days and she started having a fulfilling night of sleep."
"The more we have done co-sleeping the more it seemed like a natural thing to do.
"The kids will wake up and cuddle us in the night rather than kicking and screaming.
"The two eldest share a room now and our eight year old has her own room and our youngest shares the bed with us."
Lynds Aurora, 33, and her husband, Richie, 35, are both vegan and bring up their children - aged 14, 11, eight and six weeks - on fruit, vegetables, whole grains and nuts.
The couple feel so strongly about not eating meat they have shown their brood videos of "cruel" farming to "educate" them and say it has put them off for life.
Lynds and Richie say if one of their children told them they wanted to start eating meat they would educate them on why they don't.
Richie, a home schooler, from Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, said: "At the end of the day it is their decision.
"They have asked us why they don't eat meat and we have shown them how animals are treated and told them it is not necessary.
"We told them the reasons about it is cruel and they haven't wanted to since."
The couple also do not send their children to mainstream school - instead choosing to home educate them for three hours a day and teach them maths, science and english.
The parents say they made their first first "controversial" decision to take their eldest daughter out of mainstream education when she was just six years old.
Since then they haven't enrolled any of their other children into the mainstream education system.
Richie said: "Our first child was let down by the school system.
"She had a lot of hearing problems and struggled to hear but a lot of teachers misunderstood her.
"Through homeschooling we have been able to learn from our children and realise that they all come on in different stages.
"We teach them each around three hours a day, over a few hours you can cover what they do one to one in a whole school day."
Lynds also says she will not let their newborn daughter leave her side until she is over three years old - as she will exclusively breastfeed her until she's three years old.
Richie and Lynds are also passionate about co-sleeping with their children as they said it brings them better night of sleep.
Richie said: "The fact we're co-sleeping and breastfeeding, our daughter is very attached to us.
"With being breastfed, if they were to spend the night away we would need to pump and feed so it is easier that she is with us.
"Also, we want to wait until they are more sturdy to be able to take care of themselves."
Lynds added: "With our fourth child, the first couple of nights she slept next to us in the basket and would wake up crying.
"We brought her into our bed after a few days and she started having a fulfilling night of sleep."
"The more we have done co-sleeping the more it seemed like a natural thing to do.
"The kids will wake up and cuddle us in the night rather than kicking and screaming.
"The two eldest share a room now and our eight year old has her own room and our youngest shares the bed with us."