What i find ridiculous is that they would rather the child not eat anything versus having something that they consider unhealthy.

I am gob smacked! I seriously have no words! I get the whole looking after kids health and weight etc but really?!?!

Provide guide and have safety rules re: allergies but parents ultimately decide what their children eat. Ridiculous they would rather let the child go hungry than eat homemade food.

It is so hard to pack lunches now, food allergies and healthy food restrictions will find a lot of kids are just snacking when at home. my son wont eat lunch as he only has peanut butter sandwiches or PB&J (have tried other things, they just come home).

Ridiculous. What if he had no other options, was he to starve? If they had a problem, send the note home but don’t punish him for their opinion.

That seems really unfair in allowing milo balls but not home baked sausage rolls. Also I don’t think it’s the preschool’s place to dictate what children should eat as long as they fit the allergy free/ nut free categories.

Teachers should not be commenting on kids lunches. It lowers the child’s self esteem.Parents have different styles of lunch making and budgets. And it’s personal to the individual family.

This is crazy, they have no right !! And not logical that the Milo balls were allowed.

Please provide nutrient value are they serious please. My note back might make for interesting reading

Oh I would be SO angry! Teachers have absolutely NO right to critique a lunch box. Come back and talk to me when you are a dietitian would be my response.

A Mum can control the ingredients she puts in home made food. Not many sausage rolls have vegetables in them. Normally it is finely grated and very hard to distinguish.
I know for a fact that Mums make food for their special needs children that look like ordinary muffins. In actual fact they use special flour in them and vegetables – not sugar.

In my idea there should be a clear difference between home-made meals and packed ones. Unbelievable that the school sent the home-made sausage rolls back!!

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  It is unbelievable and the focus being on lunch boxes is always surprising.
  Focus needs to be on activities and exercise which burns up fuel (food).

This is crazy, the parents choose what their kids eat. I’d be furious. Fair enough if your kids are only wating processed junk food EVERY day. But this is getting crazy

I am actually intrigued about the rule on removing food and what happens to the food? Is the food wasted?
Do their guidelines cover the removal of food which is a child’s source of fuel and energy for the day?
Surely there is an overarching rule/right that is being taken away?

Really? They have the right to send the food back home uneaten? Lucky she packed extra!

I don’t think the schools have the the right to do this – parents pack the foods their kids will eat – schools teach the lessons that the kids need to learn – lets keep that in perspective – teachers need to focus on actual teaching rather than being lunch box monitors, with regards to food that children will eat parents know best!

If they come across a child’s lunch box that is always full of prepackaged unhealthy stuff then have a face to face with the parent, notes like this are just ridiculous and don’t send the right message in my opinion and are probably disregarded and put in the rubbish bin!

Wow! What world do we live in when perfectly good food gets sent back home?! Did the school even bother to check what the sausage rolls were made from? Ridiculous!

Ahh the crazy politics of school lunches. How frustrating.

It is absolutely ridiculous!

you had a feeling it would be done yet you sent it anyway? It frustrates me no end the lunch box police but you had a feeling it was “wrong” but still sent it, why would you do that and then moan about it online