I would be up at the school the very next day and demanding to see what the teacher planned to have for lunch that day. Might get to do some of my own tossing food out. But seriously …I would head to the school and would be having a few harsh words with the teacher and I would be telling her that either i send my kid with their lunch and she leaves it alone or if she feels thats not suitable then she is very welcome to take over supplying my child with lunch every day. Which option does she prefer?

It is not ok, at all.

No it’s not okay. Children are entitled to a treat and we all no what moderation is. It is an unnecessary upset for the child. The teacher could have explained too many treats are not healthy and let the child have the one that was packed for him. They have overstepped the boundary on this one.

The amount of trauma caused for kids by having their lunch box picked to pieces by teachers is astounding. It should be a no go zone really unless something of real safety concern. Ie peanuts.
Because parents are on different budgets and time schedules. Kids may have a big fruit serve at home but take none to school. It can get squished. Kids shouldn’t feel paranoid about eating their lunch.
And it’s the parent/child domain. Not teachers. Yes nude food is promoted and fruit/veges but overtaking lunches is not the job of the teachers. Throwing out is crossing the line.

I don’t think a teacher has any right to do that at all and I would be super annoyed too

Teachers need to concentrate on teaching and stop being the food police

Absolutely not okay. How dare the teacher do this? It shames the child. It crosses boundaries. It shames the family. I’m just gobsmacked by this.

The teacher went too far. If anything she could have returned it to the child to bring home with a note not to pack it.

Parents have given these rights to teachers by not doing the right things themselves with their children. Once parents have abdicated their role, they won’t be able to get it back.

Definitely not the teachers rtight to waste food should have been sent home not thrown out. qwhat was it anyway??

No way, this is really over stepping the boundary!

Teachers are taking things too far these days, a small treat with a healthy lunch is ok. Thankfully my son didn’t have Teachers doing things like this when he was at school, they use to worry only if children didn’t have lunch with them and tied to make sure they got something to eat

I thought we sent our kids to school to learn not to be shamed for eating something no-one else has.

Gee Mom (Tracy) do you think we could have the full story and let us know what the sweet treat was???

Absolutely not. I would send a complaint to the principal about that sort of behaviour.

This is just crap and I would be complaining to the school. Teachers are just going way too far. Fact of life- people are going to get different things for their lunch and children need to understand this. I always pack something fun but I also pack healthy too!

My daughter had a similar experience last year in prek, the teacher wouldn’t let her eat the one square of chocolate i put in her lunch box on the last day of term. She said it was against the rules. I found this funny because the day before they had a little picnic parents were invited to and there were chips, crackers, lollies, chocolate cakes and everything else unhealthy and she wouldn’t let my 4 yo eat once small piece of chocolate. After that i started noticing the school didn’t care so much about education but more about trivial things and i removed my daughter from the school.

The teacher was totally wrong. She threw it out because it was not fair that other children didn’t have a sweet. Well life isn’t fair and kids have to learn that.

No totally wrong, shaming the child is not on, poor kid. Teacher should of just quietly mentioned to the parent to consider not putting it in the lunch box next time and not in front of the kid.

The teacher probably wanted to use this child’s sweet as an example to the others. Completely unfair and wasteful though. I would be demanding a replacement.