Over the past few years, health and diet have been increasingly important and popular. People are avoiding fast food like McDonald’s in favor of healthier options and parents raising young kids are trying to do the same.
In order to encourage healthy eating, some schools have lunch programs or nutrition guides to help ensure that the kids are eating well. This is important since the best habits are always formed at a young age.
However, is there a point where this micromanagement can go too far? Sure, it’s important to make sure the younger generations are eating healthy foods to avoid health problems but perhaps monitoring lunch boxes might be taking it a bit too far.
For one Australian mom, it was taken to the extreme when a note was sent home by teachers criticizing the contents of her daughter’s lunchbox.
Lunch is supposed to be the time when kids get to give their minds a break and get some food into their bellies. Lately, it’s become a bit of a touchy subject.
The faculty seems to assume the parental role when it comes to lunches in some schools. One Australian mother was shamed for sending her child to school with chocolate cake.
This is essentially an invasion of privacy and parents and students are not in favor of the lunchbox screenings. The mother in this story is one such parent.
Cheree Lawrence, a blogger for the Australian blog Oh So Busy Mum, posted a photo of a very strange letter. It was received by another mother. The letter claimed that the sultanas (a type of raisin) in her daughter’s lunch were unacceptable as they were too high in sugar.
The note is supposed to encourage nutritious eating habits, but this reads more as an outright demand.
Rather than debating over whether or not raisins are healthy, the general online response has been a distaste for the school’s tactic.
The woman’s daughter is reportedly in Kindergarten. Some commenters have expressed how they don’t agree with schools playing parent and trying to label foods good and bad. One commenter wrote: ‘What I put in my child’s lunch box they are able to eat.’
Other users have pointed out that that the slip literally says that dried fruits are acceptable. Dietitian and Mom Kathryn Hawkins came to her defense on Facebook, reassuring her that sultanas are a great choice. What do you think? Do you believe the school went too far?
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