The whole lunch box thing is way too much. Its not the schools responsibility to monitor kids diets

Honestly this has all blown out of control.
What about the things that are sold at the school canteen?! I’m pretty sure they will have things like pies, chips and chocolate so I don’t get what the big deal is.
I think teachers these days think they have more power than they should.

Our school is actually really good. On my sons first day of kindy the teacher said “send whatever food they will actually eat” ( except nuts because of allergies) and that a full tummy was better than an empty one.

This doesn’t sound right. Who has the right to tell you what to give your kids! Unbelievable

Teacher’s need to stick to teaching and leave the lunch boxes to us parents We know what to feed our own kids Some kids are very fussy eaters l send yoghurt in my daughter’s lunch box and anything else she asks for l rather have a child that eats her lunch than one that doesn’t

So silly schools are making it so hard to pack lunches now days

This is ridiculous! What on earth is wrong with greek yoghurt? As if children aren’t going to grow up with eating disorders if this is how teachers/schools are going to be about food.

I am sick of teachers instructing us on how to pack a healthy lunch for our child. I have worked in the tuck shop and seen what some of them buy for themselves. Yoghurt is sold at the tuck shop so why is it banned in lunchboxes if stored correctly?

It is already so difficult to pack school lunches. This is not fair. To be chastised for sending yoghurt in your child’s lunch box is ridiculous. There are much more unhealthier options that could have been sent instead. We should be free to pack what we like/what the children will eat.

In my opinion Yoghurt is a good option full of calcium. Greek yoghurt is particularly good.

I grew up eating nothing but peanut butter sandwiches for lunch all through my primary school days except for the very odd days when I bought a hamburger from the school canteen. I was always one of the skinniest kids in class and grew up to be at the lowest end of the healthy weight range. I understand why peanut butter is no longer allowed due to the increase in allergies, but I also think the lunch box police have gone way too far. Why can’t a child have an occasional treat? If your child is overweight, have a look at the exercise they do. It was normal for me to walk, run or ride my bike to school (1.5km to primary and 4km to high school). After school, we were free range until 5pm or it started to get dark. Basically we are over protecting our children, the first thing they will do when they get to uni, tafe, work etc is eat all the Red foods and forget about the Green foods.

This is ridiculous. They shouldn’t be able to tell you what to put in your childs lunchbox.

My granddaughter was stick-thin due to the lunch box police and refused to eat healthy foods at our house. Since leaving school she is now obese because she does what she wants and doesn’t eat healthy foods anymore. She is now in her 30’s. She didn’t learn a good lifestyle from her childhood at all and no one can help her to turn her life around. I feel so sorry for her,

It is pretty frustrating, when the menus at some schools are pies, sausage rolls and hot dogs, and yet the parents are the ones to be chastised?
I think that a healthy relationship with food is built on choice. Limit the foods, be told you can’t have them, and you will want them more! (Me and sugar!)

Greek yoghurt can be a healthy option, in specific when it’s plain natural and unsweetened Greek yoghurt.