Mom Allegedly Forced Urine Therapy On Eight-Year-Old Son, Made Him Drink Pee

A Canadian court has ruled that a mother's parenting time with her eight-year-old son should be supervised after she allegedly forced "urine therapy" on the boy, making him drink his own pee.

The woman, whose identity is concealed, is a proponent of homeopathic, holistic and natural remedies and therapies. She admitted to the British Columbia Supreme Court that she had participated in fasting and urine therapy that mandated her to drink piss, reported Vancouver Sun.

The incident came to light in April after the child told his father that he had a "secret." The child confessed that his mother had made him pee in a jar. She then poured it into his fruit smoothie, the boy alleged. The boy claimed his mother was also drinking urine.

The father reported the allegations to their family doctor, who alerted the Ministry of Child and Family Development authorities. The child repeated the allegations to the doctor.

The boy's parents were already on the path of divorce after their separation last year. The father then notified the mom’s lawyer of the allegations and informed him he would only agree to supervised parenting by the mom from then on.

The mother denied using urine therapy on the child. She maintained that she had given the boy a jar to pee into so that she can monitor his lymphatic system. According to her, it was a well-known way to check if his kidneys were filtering.

In his ruling, judge Kimberley Robertson noted that both parents had criticized each other's parenting style, the holistic health practices being one of the many things they disagreed on.

However, the court found out that although "both parties’ evidence was at times exaggerated in terms of the wrongdoing of the other, the claimant dad’s evidence was generally more balanced and centered on the child."

“Ultimately, the nub of this application can be summarized by the following statement made by the claimant in his affidavit: ‘(The respondent) is his mom and she loves him, but she is ill and her judgment and health are questionable at this time,'” said Robertson.

On an interim basis, the mom will have supervised parenting time with supervision provided by either a professional group or a third party, the judge said.