A mum is raising her children as plant-based - by showing "cruel" farming videos to "educate" them.<br /><br />Lynds Aurora, 33, and her husband, Richie, 35, are both vegan and bring up their children - aged 14, 11, eight and six weeks - on fruit, vegetables, whole grains and nuts. <br /><br />The couple feel so strongly about not eating meat they have shown their brood videos of "cruel" farming to "educate" them and say it has put them off for life.<br /><br />Lynds and Richie say if one of their children told them they wanted to start eating meat they would educate them on why they don't.<br /><br />Richie, a home schooler, from Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, said: "At the end of the day it is their decision.<br /><br />"They have asked us why they don't eat meat and we have shown them how animals are treated and told them it is not necessary.<br /><br />"We told them the reasons about it is cruel and they haven't wanted to since."<br /><br />The couple also do not send their children to mainstream school - instead choosing to home educate them for three hours a day and teach them maths, science and english.<br /><br />The parents say they made their first first "controversial" decision to take their eldest daughter out of mainstream education when she was just six years old.<br /><br />Since then they haven't enrolled any of their other children into the mainstream education system. <br /><br />Richie said: "Our first child was let down by the school system.<br /><br />"She had a lot of hearing problems and struggled to hear but a lot of teachers misunderstood her.<br /><br />"Through homeschooling we have been able to learn from our children and realise that they all come on in different stages.<br /><br />"We teach them each around three hours a day, over a few hours you can cover what they do one to one in a whole school day."<br /><br />Lynds also says she will not let their newborn daughter leave her side until she is over three years old - as she will exclusively breastfeed her until she's three years old.<br /><br />Richie and Lynds are also passionate about co-sleeping with their children as they said it brings them better night of sleep.<br /><br />Richie said: "The fact we're co-sleeping and breastfeeding, our daughter is very attached to us.<br /><br />"With being breastfed, if they were to spend the night away we would need to pump and feed so it is easier that she is with us.<br /><br />"Also, we want to wait until they are more sturdy to be able to take care of themselves."<br /><br />Lynds added: "With our fourth child, the first couple of nights she slept next to us in the basket and would wake up crying.<br /><br />"We brought her into our bed after a few days and she started having a fulfilling night of sleep."<br /><br />"The more we have done co-sleeping the more it seemed like a natural thing to do.<br /><br />"The kids will wake up and cuddle us in the night rather than kicking and screaming.<br /><br />"The two eldest share a room now and our eight year old has her own room and our youngest shares the bed with us."
