'Oh Eun-young Report - family hell' featured the 'beet family.'
On the 16th (Mon) at 9 p.m., MBC's Oh Eun-young Report aired as the third installment of 'family hell.' 'Family hell' is a special series that focuses on family problems in which those closest to each other cause deeper wounds, and Dr. Oh Eun-young's solutions that identify the core of conflicts and the family's genuine reconciliation have drawn heated attention and praise each episode. The third story in the 'family hell' special, 'beet family,' drew viewers' attention with a mother who controls every move of her 25-year-old son. The mother controlled everything from what the son ate to his sleep and claimed,
The broadcast recorded nationwide ratings of 3.5% and 4.1% in the Seoul metropolitan area based on Nielsen Korea, rising from the previous week. In addition, the key competitiveness indicator for channels, the 20-59 rating, was 1.5%, ranking first among all channels in the same time slot, and it ranked first among non-news programs across all channels for the day.
In particular, the mother's unusual health diet drew attention. Among them, the hosts were aghast at the beet porridge the mother said she had put on the table every day for four years. She said she blended beet, burdock, nuts, ginger tea and greens. The mother constantly worried about her son's health and showed anxiety. She was even concerned that her 25-year-old son had dementia. The mother took her son to the hospital for a health checkup, insisted on the beet porridge diet despite the doctor's dissuasion, and hesitated to get a CT scan because she worried about radiation even after the doctor said it was fine. The son confessed that his mother blindly followed and believed health information programs.
Despite the doctor's advice not to give blended foods made for dietary control, the mother again handed the beet porridge to her son. Because of the mother's unyielding stubbornness and control, the son lost his grip on reason and once cut peripheral nerves in his hand by injuring himself on a broken cup he had broken. Dr. Oh Eun-young analyzed, "Only pictures of the son from his childhood were hanging in the house. The mother still looks at her son as if he is that young and seems to be trying to give now what she couldn't then." She cautiously asked whether the root of the mother's fear and anxiety about health might be related to her family history.
The mother revealed a heartbreaking story related to her own mother. The 'beet family' mother said, "My mother-in-law had been in poor health since I was a child. I wanted to take her to the hospital, but all I could do was provide bedside care," describing the sorrow behind her health anxiety. She added as she broke into tears, "My son is so precious. I think a distorted maternal attachment formed because of that."
The long-standing wounds of the 'beet family' were also between the son and the father. The son, who said he suffered from sleep problems as a child, sobbed, "My father hit me and shouted when I couldn't sleep. Since then I haven't been able to look people in the eye." He said that dropping out of university three times and struggling in the military, as well as difficulties in interpersonal relationships, were caused by memories related to his father. The hosts were also surprised that this contrasted 180 degrees with the fond father who had sided with the son against the mother's control. The father said, "I didn't know it would become such a big wound and affect him until now. My heart hurts a lot," and offered a sincere apology to his son.
A mother with excessive control and a father who disciplined unpredictably. Dr. Oh Eun-young advised, "Experiences with parents in childhood influence a person for a lifetime. If a child accumulates the experience that it is unsafe to express opinions to parents, they will also feel afraid to express their thoughts within groups or organizations. A child needs the experience of having their opinions accepted by parents in order to form their own thoughts and standards."
In response, the 'beet family' father expressed regret to his son again, saying, "I think I lacked the tolerance to accept my child with composure," and the mother also said, "I'm sorry, and I love you," promising she would not recommend beet porridge in the future. It was a moment when the wounds and anxieties that had long bound them began to ease little by little.
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