Mum's fury as ex feeds vegan daughter McDonald's chicken nuggets behind her back

Mum's fury as ex feeds vegan daughter McDonald's chicken nuggets behind her back A mum is seething after finding out her ex-husband gave their eight-year-old daughter McDonald's chicken nuggets behind her back - as she's raising the youngster as a vegan Co-parenting isn't always easy, but one mum has been left outraged by a decision her ex-husband made with their daughter. If you've got a child with someone you're no longer in a relationship with, you'll know how difficult it can be to co-parent peacefully. Even if you're on good terms with your ex, you can still have differing views about what's right for your child, and coming to an amicable middle ground isn't always smooth sailing. Ultimately, you have to think about what's best for your child, even if it means your pride takes a hit. One mum on social media is fuming at her ex-husband, however, after he went behind her back and fed their eight-year-old daughter McDonald's chicken nuggets without the mum's consent - even though she's raising her to be a vegan. In a post on Reddit, the mum explained her ex-husband was actually the one who got the family into the vegan lifestyle, as he followed a plant-based diet when they met, and she joined him when they moved in together because he said he didn't like having animal products in the house. When their daughter was born, they also raised her as a vegan and continued to do so after the pair separated. But during a recent car drive with her daughter, the youngster began having a "full-blown meltdown" as they drove past a McDonalds, as she said she wanted chicken nuggets like she has when she's with her dad. The mum wrote: "My ex and I were vegan. I became vegan when we moved in together because he was vegan and he didn't like there being animal products in the house. I learned more about the way food was made and I agreed. I was vegan while I was pregnant and we've raised our daughter vegan for the past eight-ish years. "Yesterday I picked up my daughter from her dad's house - he wanted to keep her late because he and his partner were going to take the kids to a matinee of Frozen. So it's dinner time when I'm getting her. "As we're driving home, she says she's hungry. I offered her an apple (I should have packed better car snacks for the ride), but she spies the Golden Arches [of McDonald's] out the window. She has a full. blown. meltdown demanding chicken nuggets. "We get home, and she's blowing snot bubbles because she's so enraged. She howls her way through a bowl of leftover soup. She hates me, I'm a terrible mum, dad would have let her eat chicken nuggets. She wore herself out crying." The little girl was still upset about the ordeal the following morning, and even asked her mum if she "hated" her for having broken her vegan diet to enjoy the chicken nuggets. While the mum did what she could do to reassure her daughter she wasn't angry with her, she was seething at her ex-husband, who had not only gone against their agreement to raise their daughter as vegan, but had done so behind her back. She added: "She was upset when she woke up this morning, asking if I 'hated' her because she ate meat (OBVIOUSLY, obviously, obviously not). I spent the entire drive to school reassuring her that I'm not angry with her, but that I was surprised that she wanted them. "But I AM f****** p***** because I wasn't aware our hitherto vegan daughter was now eating meat, and I feel like that's a decision that I should have been informed about. I called him after she went to bed, and he told me I was being uptight and he didn't tell me because he knew I'd overreact. [He said] I'm controlling, and I don't need to be privy to every single thing he does when our daughter is with him. "I'm f****** MAD. There are vegan options at McDonald's - he didn't have to feed her chicken, but since he did, I would have appreciated a heads-up." The mum also insisted she's perfectly happy for her daughter to choose to ditch her vegan diet, but just would have liked to have been "made aware" beforehand. Commenters on the Reddit post were largely on the mum's side, as they insisted that while her daughter should be able to choose what she wants to eat, her ex-husband should also have communicated the youngster's meat-eating habits to her ahead of time. One person said: "Regardless of my opinion on forcing a child to have a vegan diet, it’s not okay for parents to not cooperate when parenting a child. This should have been a discussion, at the very least." As another added: "You'd both agreed to raise your child vegan, such a big change in how they're being raised should be discussed beforehand."