A mom is fired up after she says a high school “told off” her daughter for having too much food in her lunch box.
In her post “Secondary school lunch box police,” the mom, who goes by the name LemonDrizzleDisco on Mumsnet, wrote that her daughter’s high school started checking all packed lunches at registration and that during one of the recent checks, her daughter was reprimanded for having too much food.
The mom wrote that the lunch contained:
“Peanut butter sandwich with brown bread
A small banana
Strawberries
A few grapes
And less than a handful of raisins and dried coconut flakes.”
A few pieces of sliced avocado were also deemed “unhealthy,” according to the mom, who says her daughter is vegan, so apart from fruit and vegetables, the school offers nothing at their cafeteria that she can eat.
“I know lots of secondary school students (buy) sweets and chocolate etc on the way to school but surely at that age It’s their choice,” she wrote. “The canteen serves things like sausages and mash ,cake and custard,sandwiches and doughnuts etc. [Am I being unreasonable] to think this is unfair ?”
Moms rallied behind LemonDrizzleDisco, saying the school was in the wrong for shaming the teen’s lunch.
“Nope and I’d be discussing this with the firm tutor asap. The last thing teenage girls need is encouragement of competitive non-eating!” one post read.
Another wrote, “I would be tempted to give DD a well reasoned letter to keep in her lunch box. Outlining the hypocrisy between lunch box rules and school lunches which are sold.”
The mom then commented that she would, in fact, be sending a note in the lunch box, adding a draft of the note to the thread:
“Unless you are able to provide the nutritional information of school dinners or an alternative to avocado,LittleLemon who is vegan , I will not be changing what she has for lunch. I would appreciate if you do not make comments on LittleLemons healthy lunch because telling a teenage girl that she has ‘too much’ lunch is far from healthy.”
What do you think? Was the school in the wrong for “lunch box policing?” Comment below with your thoughts!
