Singer and musical actor Lee Ji-hoon and his wife Ayane's comments about "no-salt parenting" have sparked controversy, and a mukbang video from the past in which they let their daughter taste jjambbong is being revisited.
Ayane recently posted on her personal social media that she found a candy wrapper in her daughter Ru-hee's daycare bag and wrote, It was a bit shocking because she is still a baby on a no-salt diet.
In that post she complained, Ru-hee is still a baby on a no-salt diet, so I only gave her puffed rice snacks and did not give her vitamin candies either. Even when she received candy at hospitals or cultural centers, I persuaded them by saying, This is something she can't eat yet, but now it seems she realized she can eat it, and I was upset.
However, criticism poured in toward Ayane rather than consolation or sympathy afterward. Her reaction was seen as if she were imposing her personal values on the daycare where her child was entrusted to live communally. The controversy grew as critics even labeled her a "problematic parent."
Meanwhile, on Feb. 13, Ayane uploaded a video titled 1-year-old Ru-hee's spicy challenge to the couple's YouTube channel Lee Ji-hoon Ayane's Jia Life, drawing attention. In the video, while Ayane and Lee Ji-hoon were eating a stir-fried jjambbong meal kit at home, they were seen playfully feeding their daughter the stir-fried jjambbong they were eating.
In the actual video, Lee Ji-hoon and Ayane seemed to warn their daughter, who showed interest in a food she was seeing for the first time, by saying, Oh, it's spicy, If you eat it something bad will happen, You can't eat that. But they then dabbed a little seasoning on chopsticks to let her taste it and even gave the child a little of the noodles.
Ayane even interpreted the daughter's reaction positively, saying, She seems to handle spicy food well, Should I give her kimchi, Brave, she's not afraid. Being surprised by a single candy wrapper given by the daycare and emphasizing a no-salt diet in earlier posts stood in stark contrast to this parenting behavior, drawing more ire.
Of course, one cannot judge a family's parenting method based only on some social media posts and parts of a video. Moreover, both Ayane and Lee Ji-hoon have apologized for the recent controversy. On the 9th, Lee Ji-hoon posted daily photos of Ru-hee on his personal social media and apologized, saying, After Children's Day and up to Parents' Day. The days Ru-hee experiences for the first time since she was born are new. They will soon become memories, but every day is always happy and enjoyable because of you. I love you, Ru-hee. My face increasingly looks like my childhood. Our Ru-hee is no-salt (she does not dye her hair either). Sorry for the fuss.
Ayane also posted a long message repeatedly on social media on the 10th, explaining about the series of controversies over the no-salt parenting comments: In Japan there is an atmosphere that recommends not giving candy to children under 3, and in fact many daycares prohibit candies. So I was surprised not so much in the sense of My child ate candy at daycare? but in the sense of Oh, there is a culture of daycares providing candy.
Nevertheless, videos from about three months ago have been dug up, and criticism of Lee Ji-hoon and Ayane's parenting methods and attitudes is raging. Beyond this controversy, it is believed the backlash stems from the couple's daily life being displayed every move on social media and YouTube and from the buzz created by an extravagant first birthday party. <
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