Teachers, not lunch box police

Should teachers have the right to tell parents what they can and can't put in their own children's lunch box? Absolutely not! Good grief, what next? Supermarket police telling us what we can and can't buy, or maybe checkout operators scanning our groceries and throwing things aside that they feel we shouldn't be buying? Sound ridiculous? Of course it does and so is the fact that teachers are putting silly notes in a child's lunch box telling their parent they cannot bring such and such to school for lunch, upsetting the child and quite possibly letting a child go the whole day without food because it isn't on the ‘list, making the parent feel inadequate as a provider for their child. This is demeaning and totally unnecessary.

Most parents are vigilant and use common sense when it comes to feeding their children. Some parents – not so much. Children can be fussy eaters at the best of times but good food sense comes with time, persistence, perseverance and trial and error from parents. There's also children's allergies to consider.

Maybe parents should be vetting teachers' lunch boxes. How well would that go down? Do obese teachers practice what they preach?

S Gussey, Omokoroa.

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Obesity Issue

Posted on 03-08-2018 15:10 | By BiddyArgen

We have an obesity epidemic - somewhere along the line the parents aren't checking the lunchboxes and we have a legitimate issue with our kids health. I'm sure you are one of the parents providing your kids with healthy lunch options but if we cant get all parents on board then the teachers are the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff and at least someone is trying to help


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