Twitter: perhaps the most political place on earth. You can only imagine the debate that swarmed following a tweet that showed a mom sending her daughter to school with a non-alcoholic beverage because she had supposedly run out of juice. Responders are divided.
https://twitter.com/MissGU_/status/1393898111093944320
“My child was expelled from school on Friday. But what did I do wrong mina because I didn’t have juice so I gave her a non-alcoholic savannah,” she said in her initial tweet which was accompanied by a picture of a children’s lunchbox and the drink which has caused much debate.
Training them early I see… pic.twitter.com/c31M6HG4Tt
— K.K (@KhumaloKhulani) May 16, 2021
While some have made light of the situation, others have responded with absolute outrage.
Take a look at the debate. Light vs. dark side responders.
Light side responders:
Over to the dark side.
Opinions aside, the drink is not for sale to persons under the age of 18.
“Underage drinking is no joke. Seriously peeps,” said Savanna Cider when they first released the non-alcoholic beverage in 2020.
https://twitter.com/SavannaCider/status/1291325336706326528
Meanwhile, whether or not the picture is fake news has been called into question. Could this be another Twitter user desperate for attention?
Tween via IOL.
Regardless, the uproar has called for an interesting debate. Is it acceptable or appropriate for children to be exposed to non-alcoholic beverages?
“The controversy around whether youngsters should be consuming non-alcoholic drinks is only the tip of the iceberg of a much bigger problem and one that needs to be addressed with great urgency in our country,” said educational psychologist Mandy Arnott to IOL.
Picture: Twitter