Bemused parents have hit back at schools’ increasingly ludicrous food restrictions – revealing the items that have led to their children have been ‘lunchbox shamed’.
It comes after British woman Laura Lee took to social media after her two-year-old son was prevented from eating the mini cookies in his lunch box because nursery staff deemed the snack too unhealthy.
In the often hilarious stream of commentary, parents show their food-based misses as schools attempt to tackle a rising obesity epidemic among youngsters.
One well intented mother revealed the seemingly healthy snack which landed her child in trouble.
British mother Laura Lee shared this photo of her toddler son’s lunch box earlier this week, revealing how the mini cookies were returned home uneaten as they were deemed too ‘unhealthy’
‘I had a note sent home with my daughter from day care saying I couldn’t pack sultanas because they where too high in sugar,’ she wrote.
Another laid back parent considers themselves lucky at their child’s school’s relaxed policy.
‘My son took the same little biscuits today and a LCM bar,’ she wrote.
‘Luckily our school is not so strict and only encourage ‘naked food’. A little sweet treat won’t hurt!!’
Bizarrely, one mother claimed it was plain fruit that landed her daughter among the naughty children.
Bemused parents have now hit back at schools’ increasingly ludicrous food restrictions – revealing the items that have led to their children have been ‘lunchbox shamed’
In the often hilarious stream of commentary, parents show their food-based misses as schools attempt to tackle a rising obesity epidemic among youngsters
‘When my daughter was in primary school her teacher confiscated her morning snack once because it didn’t have a label with ingredients – it was home grown and dried fruit.’
Ms Lee garnered media attention this week when she revealed how her son was sent to nursery with a packed lunch of sandwiches, cheese, crackers and chopped fruit and veg and had added three mini cookies as an extra treat.
However she claimed the cookies were returned home uneaten as they are considered ‘unhealthy’.
The mother shared a photo of her son’s well-balanced lunch box on Facebook in response to a story by Plymouth Live in which teachers shared stories of the worst school lunches they had seen.
One recalled a mother who sent her child to school with a can of Red Bull, saying: ‘He’d had a late night on his Xbox and seemed like he needed a pick-me-up.’
Another grandmother sent a pupil to primary school with leftover Macdonalds because she didn’t want the fast food to ‘go to waste’.
The mother shared the post on Facebook, pictured, revealing her surprise when the cookies were returned. It was shared in response to a newspaper story about bad school lunches
After the newspaper asked readers for examples of their own ‘bad’ school lunches, Mrs Lee submitted her own story.
She posted: ‘I sent my 2.5 yr old son to school with this and the cookies got sent home because they’re unhealthy – there was 3 MINI Cookies.’
It was accompanied by a photo of the lunch box, which was packed with sliced cucumber, peppers, celery and grapes, as well as a dollop of peanut butter, sandwiches on brown bread, a small helping of cheese and crackers.
Parents were shocked by the nursery’s response and praised the mother’s ‘well balanced’ meal
In one of the compartment were three mini cookies, which were smaller than the cheese crackers.
Parents and teachers alike were left shocked by the nursery’s policy.
One posted: ‘Looks like you took time and effort to his lunch ‘fun’ and appealing. Absolute rubbish that he wasn’t allowed to get those small cookies. Everything in moderation surely.’
Another added: ‘I work in a nursery and believe me, I have seen some terrible packed lunches in the past! This looks perfect to me!’
A nursery teacher even waded in on the debate, saying the lunch looks ‘perfect’ for a child