by DGFone » June 19th, 2014, 7:46 am
When Mufasa expressed his disapproval of Simba's lifestyle, he was talknig specifically to Simba about refusing to remember who he really was. While Sarabi might share the same views had she known, I think that knowing that they were the only animals directly responsible for her son's survival more than made up for the fact that they didn't bring up Simba as a king-to-be, or even as a lion to return home and take his rightful throne.
Think about it: Both Timon and Pumbaa are just about at the bottom of the food chain. Yet they willingly chose to take up a young member of a species that eats their kind, and allowed him to survive and live on.
Plus, now that I think about it: Mufasa at least got to tell Simba about the importance of all life, including ants and antelope, who cub Simba thought were not important. While it is a lesson that I am sure Simba learned, I am very certain that at least in this specific regard, getting brought up by "prey" more than anything, truly enforced the point home into Simba's head of how important even small, seemingly unimportant animals are. What I am saying is that I think that while Timon and Pumbaa brought Simba up not in an ideal environment, their relationship really made him appreciate all life much more than Mufasa could ever hope for.
I think Sarabi would approve in the end.