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

[Anonymous]

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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.

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[Anonymous]

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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?

Because the parents are obnoxious and they do not get paid enough to deal with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Because the parents are obnoxious and they do not get paid enough to deal with them.

The teacher doesn’t need to deal with them when the teacher keeps his/her nose out of the child’s lunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Because the parents are obnoxious and they do not get paid enough to deal with them.

NP
It’s obnoxious to dictate food order that a parent packs for a child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Because the parents are obnoxious and they do not get paid enough to deal with them.

They don’t get paid to police eating food in a specific order either.

[Anonymous]

I’d be thanking that teacher! Why do parents feel the need to pick apart every freaking thing a teacher does? Did the teacher need to do that? No. But it was nice of the teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d be thanking that teacher! Why do parents feel the need to pick apart every freaking thing a teacher does? Did the teacher need to do that? No. But it was nice of the teacher.

No, you would not be thanking the teacher. Why does the teacher need to pick apart a child’s lunch that a parent packed? You’re right, the teacher didn’t need to do that and overstepped. Not nice, rather controlling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d be thanking that teacher! Why do parents feel the need to pick apart every freaking thing a teacher does? Did the teacher need to do that? No. But it was nice of the teacher.

-NP. As a teacher, absolutely not.

[Anonymous]

So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

[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.

And who decides what is dessert? You’d have to have a pretty small concept of the world to not realize some people would say it’s cheese, some people would say it’s bean paste, some people would say it’s a cookie. So if your family serves cheese for dessert you can’t have your string cheese until last, right? But the kid sitting next to you can? And the teacher will be breaking open steamed buns to make sure the students are eating pork and not mung beans..?

Or…kids eat what parents pack. Parents only pack food they’re happy with their child eating. Even easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

I wouldn’t be ok with it. And so I wouldn’t pack it. Amazing how easy that problem is to solve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

If that’s what the parent packs. If you want to start making lunch for them, go do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

I wouldn’t be ok with it. And so I wouldn’t pack it. Amazing how easy that problem is to solve.

You would think that, right? But parents pack the sweets and then are upset when their kid eats only the sugar, and their argument is that the teacher should give them more time to eat, but the kids talk half the time then eat their cookies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

I wouldn’t be ok with it. And so I wouldn’t pack it. Amazing how easy that problem is to solve.

You would think that, right? But parents pack the sweets and then are upset when their kid eats only the sugar, and their argument is that the teacher should give them more time to eat, but the kids talk half the time then eat their cookies.

Schools don’t give much time to eat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

I wouldn’t be ok with it. And so I wouldn’t pack it. Amazing how easy that problem is to solve.

You would think that, right? But parents pack the sweets and then are upset when their kid eats only the sugar, and their argument is that the teacher should give them more time to eat, but the kids talk half the time then eat their cookies.

Yes, kids talk. Wow!