Allison Holker Admits She Was an 'Almond Mom' to Daughter Weslie — and Shares Why She's Now 'More Well-Balanced'
The professional dancer spoke with her daughter on their podcast 'Between Us' and shared that she was "very strict" with what Weslie ate growing up
However, the teenager shared that things aren't the same for her two younger siblingsAllison Holker is opening up about her previous parenting as an "almond mom."
On a recent episode of her podcast Between Us with her 16-year-old daughter Weslie, the So You Think You Can Dance professional dancer, 37, admitted that when her teenage daughter was growing up, she was a bit of an "almond mom."
"My entire growing up — I say this to her all the time now — she was so almond mom," Weslie said, referring to the parenting style characterized by eating organic foods and healthy snacks. "She was like, 'You have to eat greens, it's chicken every night."
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Holker, who is also mom to younger kids Maddox, 9, and Zaia, 5, whom she shares with late husband Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, admitted that the allegations were true.
"I definitely was one with Weslie," she said. "I was very strict. I was cooking all the time, and her lunches for school were all the organic versions of everything. There were no processed snacks. Everything was different types of nuts. I had a lot of dried fruit options."
Although Holker admits she was "strict" with Weslie, the teenager is noticing that her mom is not the same way with her younger siblings.
"I love a good chip, she would not let me eat it," Weslie said on the podcast. "Now, she doesn't care!"
However, the mom of three shared that she learned from her experience with Weslie and wanted to create more balance in her kids' diet, rather than restricting what they eat.
"With Weslie, I was like, 'Ok, we're going to do this. I'm going to be a good mom,' " Holker remembered. "At that moment, I thought that being a good mom meant that everything was healthy. I was researching everything that was in our kitchen, and I was really diligent about it. I think in a lot of ways it helped me, though I was a little extreme in it."
"I don't know if it was for the right reasons, but I did want us to have a healthy lifestyle," she explained. "I was like, 'I'm gonna be the best mom if I do this.' It was a really good choice for me because it educated me more, but then I feel everything comes with balance."
"There are a lot of healthy options in our home, but I also allow them to be children," said Holker. "I found a little more joy in it, too. I'm just teaching now what I'm trying to do. With Weslie, I was a little strict and now with Maddox and Zaia, I want to be a little more well-balanced."
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