Teacher criticized my kid's lunch

[Anonymous]

I find it highly unethical for a teacher to criticize a parents parenting skills to their child, during the school day. I would have complained to the principal.

[Anonymous]

I find it highly unethical for a teacher to criticize a parents parenting skills to their child, during the school day. I would have complained to the principal.

Absolutely. It is also poor parenting to criticize a teacher's performance in front of the child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers do this everywhere and it really pisses me off. They should of course teach a healthy way to eat

No, they shouldn't, unless they have a degree in nutrition and receive CE in developments in the field.

And I'd rather they spent their time on my kids' academic and social skills.

It's part of the state-mandated curriculum in Maryland.

That doesn't make it a good idea.

[Anonymous]

Bag of chips and a can of soda. That's what I've seen kids with.

For a couple of years ds's health class involved a week of packing a healthy lunch according to the food pyramid or whatever. (It fit in with curriculum) The kids were supposed to have the majority of the input into the lunch. Parents were faced with a bunch of little lunch critics for a few weeks after, but then things went back to normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This does seem pretty odd. Is it possible she was criticizing what your kid was eating from the lunch rather than what was in it? Like, don't just eat the crackers but have some sandwich? Just trying to rationalize...

It's not the perfect lunch, but who has an awesome packed lunch every single day? It's not like you gave your kid Doritos and a soda. I think that's a fairly reasonable lunch for a busy parent to pack (at least once in a while). True, it's all processed food, but are we all supposed to be making our kids gourmet lunches from scratch?

Maybe they are doing a unit on veggies and fruit or something, and your kid interpreted something to be the teacher saying this to her and criticizing her lunch? Just a thought. Seems like a weird thing to say to a kid who probably isn't making the lunch herself anyway.

Thanks PP. This made me feel better.

She is in K so lord only knows what was said vs what was interpreted, but when the older kid said the teacher said something to her too, that was when I found it odd.

Practice this:

None Of Your Business. Say it loud and often when things like this occur.

YOU are the parent. YOU get to determine what your child eats. THEY do not.

[Anonymous]

No wonder American kids are so fat. Not only do you feed your kids crap, you get huffy and defensive and want to lynch the teacher when she tries to educate your children on healthier ways to eat.

You're militantly ignorant and it's setting your kids up for a life-time of health problems.

[Anonymous]

Practice this:

None Of Your Business. Say it loud and often when things like this occur.

YOU are the parent. YOU get to determine what your child eats. THEY do not.

Great way to have a good relationship with teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good for the teacher. Feeding kids sugary processed garbage is a form of abuse.

Pb&j is child abuse, huh...now I've heard everything.
Doritoes, twinkies and soda every day, maybe, but pb&j and yogurt?
Please get a grip!

None of that is abuse. Want to know what abuse is? Abuse is when you are are 7, 4 and 11 months and are locked in your house by your parents who take off for days, and leave you with no food, heat, nothing. That's what police just uncovered in Washington state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love this thread! These moms kill me. I have sent my kid to school with McDonald's sandwiches. Why does anyone care what another is eating?

Want to be friends? I love you PP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Practice this:

None Of Your Business. Say it loud and often when things like this occur.

YOU are the parent. YOU get to determine what your child eats. THEY do not.

Great way to have a good relationship with teacher.

My job as a parent is to protect my kids from 'well-meaning' people, not to suck up to my kid's teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No wonder American kids are so fat. Not only do you feed your kids crap, you get huffy and defensive and want to lynch the teacher when she tries to educate your children on healthier ways to eat.

You're militantly ignorant and it's setting your kids up for a life-time of health problems.

The problem with judginess? You have no idea how anyone else feeds their kids, but the teacher is a damn saint when she makes a barbed comment to a kid. Know what's going through that kid's mind? "Why would my mommy send me with food that's not good for me?" Way to fuck with a kid's head, teacher...and over a PB&J and some fruit snacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No wonder American kids are so fat. Not only do you feed your kids crap, you get huffy and defensive and want to lynch the teacher when she tries to educate your children on healthier ways to eat.

You're militantly ignorant and it's setting your kids up for a life-time of health problems.

The problem with judginess? You have no idea how anyone else feeds their kids, but the teacher is a damn saint when she makes a barbed comment to a kid. Know what's going through that kid's mind? "Why would my mommy send me with food that's not good for me?" Way to fuck with a kid's head, teacher...and over a PB&J and some fruit snacks.

Cause mommy is lazy or doesn't care

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No wonder American kids are so fat. Not only do you feed your kids crap, you get huffy and defensive and want to lynch the teacher when she tries to educate your children on healthier ways to eat.

You're militantly ignorant and it's setting your kids up for a life-time of health problems.

The problem with judginess? You have no idea how anyone else feeds their kids, but the teacher is a damn saint when she makes a barbed comment to a kid. Know what's going through that kid's mind? "Why would my mommy send me with food that's not good for me?" Way to fuck with a kid's head, teacher...and over a PB&J and some fruit snacks.

Cause mommy is lazy or doesn't care

And you know this how?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No wonder American kids are so fat. Not only do you feed your kids crap, you get huffy and defensive and want to lynch the teacher when she tries to educate your children on healthier ways to eat.

You're militantly ignorant and it's setting your kids up for a life-time of health problems.

The problem with judginess? You have no idea how anyone else feeds their kids, but the teacher is a damn saint when she makes a barbed comment to a kid. Know what's going through that kid's mind? "Why would my mommy send me with food that's not good for me?" Way to fuck with a kid's head, teacher...and over a PB&J and some fruit snacks.

Cause mommy is lazy or doesn't care

And you know this how?

Because a good mother stands in front of the stove and cooks food. If you pack uncooked food in your child's lunch, you are a lazy mother who is not even trying. (To do what? We still don't know.) That's what I have learned from this thread.

[Anonymous]

Hehe.

Moms of ES kids are so funny. Lunch wars!