Teacher dictating which parts of daughter's lunch she can eat in which order?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read everything, but if the banana mash thing is perceived by all the kids as cookies, then how does the teacher explain to all the kids who would eat the junk cookies first/only when your DD gets to eat hers earlier.

At that age, sometimes broad rules need to be applied, especially when it really isn't terrible if your D has to eat the banana mash last.

Just a thought....

OP's precious child shouldn't be included in broad rules. She is a special unique snowflake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unpopular view here but just give the teacher a large ($200+) cash gift at the earliest gift-giving opportunity. Tell her you know it’s tough watching so many kids and all their idiosyncratic diets, but you appreciate knowing Larla is getting to follow the DOR method at school and eat whatever you pack.

You want her to pay the teacher to let her child eat whatever order she wants of a lunch the child’s mother packed?

I would think of it more as…I want her to incentivize the teacher to think of her as a mother who is very invested in her daughters preschool experience and willing to show extra appreciation for a teacher who is willing to think outside the box about how to make her daughter’s experience at school better.

I personally think kids should be allowed to eat however they want from their packed foods and parents should be told not to pack anything they don’t want their kids to eat (which is common sense) but I also think recognition of the little extras goes a long way in the early childhood education realm where teachers are chronically underpaid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read everything, but if the banana mash thing is perceived by all the kids as cookies, then how does the teacher explain to all the kids who would eat the junk cookies first/only when your DD gets to eat hers earlier.

At that age, sometimes broad rules need to be applied, especially when it really isn't terrible if your D has to eat the banana mash last.

Just a thought....

“Everyone’s job is to eat their own lunch and we don’t worry about what our friends are having for lunch.”

I.e exactly what she’ll have to tell the class when there’s a kid who keeps kosher or a kid with an allergy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read everything, but if the banana mash thing is perceived by all the kids as cookies, then how does the teacher explain to all the kids who would eat the junk cookies first/only when your DD gets to eat hers earlier.

At that age, sometimes broad rules need to be applied, especially when it really isn't terrible if your D has to eat the banana mash last.

Just a thought....

Huh?

The teacher is telling all kids they have to eat the cookies/treats last. OP's "cookies" are assumed by all to be treats, not a healthy alternative. Not fair to the teacher to have to explain, Larla's cookies aren't really cookies. They are healthy. Then what does she do when some other kid brings something and says mine are healthy too. Lunchtime is not the time to spend policing different kinds of cookies or treats. Make a broad rule and stick with it so that kids are focused on getting the lunch eaten.

And what is the broad rule in this case? You must eat food in a certain order? Ok comrade

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read everything, but if the banana mash thing is perceived by all the kids as cookies, then how does the teacher explain to all the kids who would eat the junk cookies first/only when your DD gets to eat hers earlier.

At that age, sometimes broad rules need to be applied, especially when it really isn't terrible if your D has to eat the banana mash last.

Just a thought....

OP's precious child shouldn't be included in broad rules. She is a special unique snowflake.

There are no broad rules, nor should there be, snowflake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read everything, but if the banana mash thing is perceived by all the kids as cookies, then how does the teacher explain to all the kids who would eat the junk cookies first/only when your DD gets to eat hers earlier.

At that age, sometimes broad rules need to be applied, especially when it really isn't terrible if your D has to eat the banana mash last.

Just a thought....

Huh?

The teacher is telling all kids they have to eat the cookies/treats last. OP's "cookies" are assumed by all to be treats, not a healthy alternative. Not fair to the teacher to have to explain, Larla's cookies aren't really cookies. They are healthy. Then what does she do when some other kid brings something and says mine are healthy too. Lunchtime is not the time to spend policing different kinds of cookies or treats. Make a broad rule and stick with it so that kids are focused on getting the lunch eaten.

And what is the broad rule in this case? You must eat food in a certain order? Ok comrade

I'm guessing your kids are brats.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read everything, but if the banana mash thing is perceived by all the kids as cookies, then how does the teacher explain to all the kids who would eat the junk cookies first/only when your DD gets to eat hers earlier.

At that age, sometimes broad rules need to be applied, especially when it really isn't terrible if your D has to eat the banana mash last.

Just a thought....

Huh?

The teacher is telling all kids they have to eat the cookies/treats last. OP's "cookies" are assumed by all to be treats, not a healthy alternative. Not fair to the teacher to have to explain, Larla's cookies aren't really cookies. They are healthy. Then what does she do when some other kid brings something and says mine are healthy too. Lunchtime is not the time to spend policing different kinds of cookies or treats. Make a broad rule and stick with it so that kids are focused on getting the lunch eaten.

And what is the broad rule in this case? You must eat food in a certain order? Ok comrade

I'm guessing your kids are brats.

NP. You pack a lunch for your child and someone dictates how your child can eat it?

[Anonymous]

NP. LOL. This thread is crazy!

[Anonymous]

No wonder teachers are leaving the profession in droves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No wonder teachers are leaving the profession in droves.

Extremely underpaid preschool teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read everything, but if the banana mash thing is perceived by all the kids as cookies, then how does the teacher explain to all the kids who would eat the junk cookies first/only when your DD gets to eat hers earlier.

At that age, sometimes broad rules need to be applied, especially when it really isn't terrible if your D has to eat the banana mash last.

Just a thought....

“Everyone’s job is to eat their own lunch and we don’t worry about what our friends are having for lunch.”

I.e exactly what she’ll have to tell the class when there’s a kid who keeps kosher or a kid with an allergy.

+1

[Anonymous]

No wonder they cannot hire teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No wonder teachers are leaving the profession in droves.

Because parents don’t want them to police what order they eat food that the parents packs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read everything, but if the banana mash thing is perceived by all the kids as cookies, then how does the teacher explain to all the kids who would eat the junk cookies first/only when your DD gets to eat hers earlier.

At that age, sometimes broad rules need to be applied, especially when it really isn't terrible if your D has to eat the banana mash last.

Just a thought....

Huh?

The teacher is telling all kids they have to eat the cookies/treats last. OP's "cookies" are assumed by all to be treats, not a healthy alternative. Not fair to the teacher to have to explain, Larla's cookies aren't really cookies. They are healthy. Then what does she do when some other kid brings something and says mine are healthy too. Lunchtime is not the time to spend policing different kinds of cookies or treats. Make a broad rule and stick with it so that kids are focused on getting the lunch eaten.

And what is the broad rule in this case? You must eat food in a certain order? Ok comrade

Dessert last. Everything else, in any order, before dessert. Not difficult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't read everything, but if the banana mash thing is perceived by all the kids as cookies, then how does the teacher explain to all the kids who would eat the junk cookies first/only when your DD gets to eat hers earlier.

At that age, sometimes broad rules need to be applied, especially when it really isn't terrible if your D has to eat the banana mash last.

Just a thought....

Huh?

The teacher is telling all kids they have to eat the cookies/treats last. OP's "cookies" are assumed by all to be treats, not a healthy alternative. Not fair to the teacher to have to explain, Larla's cookies aren't really cookies. They are healthy. Then what does she do when some other kid brings something and says mine are healthy too. Lunchtime is not the time to spend policing different kinds of cookies or treats. Make a broad rule and stick with it so that kids are focused on getting the lunch eaten.

And what is the broad rule in this case? You must eat food in a certain order? Ok comrade

Dessert last. Everything else, in any order, before dessert. Not difficult.

Nope, not for any school to police.