A father put a passive-aggressive note in his daughter's lunchbox after her teachers told her off for eating "unhealthy food".
Trying to figure out what to feed any kids you might have can be tricky because the advice of what is deemed healthy seems to change every year. And that's if you can even convince them to eat their greens in the first place.
The general consensus is that five portions of fruit and vegetables each day, matched with three liters of water and 10,000 steps is the ideal healthy lifestyle but can anybody genuinely admit to doing that?
There are guidelines on what children should be eating each day, but generally, the final decision lies with their parents or guardians... unless teachers start getting involved.
One dad from Wales encountered this exact scenario as it became clear that his daughter was being instructed at school to eat her fruit and vegetables before any sweet treats that she had.
Ross Hunt, from Wales, took to TikTok to share his "irritation" that teachers were spying on his daughter's lunch and decided to share his thoughts with the in the form of a note.
"It's alright if you eat the chocolate cake the school gives you but if you put one in their lunchbox they go 'oh no you shouldn't have that,'" Ross said.
He added that the teacher's interference with what his daughter was eating has caused her to be put off from taking lunch to school with her.
The father took matters into his own hands by adding a passive-aggressive label on his daughter's lunchbox that read: "Welcome to my daughter's lunch box! We are aware of the contents of this box and are happy for her to eat whatever she wants."
He had to be stopped by his partner from adding a slightly more aggressive note that read: "Step away from the lunch box, you nosey f***ing a*** bandit."
"In short stop telling kids what they should and shouldn't eat, let the f***ing parents decide," Ross concluded.
It would seem that many parents in the comments agreed with him, as one stated: "I work in a school and have this argument often. I would rather a child ate and was full than lots of 'healthy' foods they won't eat."
A second person added: "I’m told not to comment on ‘non healthy’ food at my work because we’d rather the kids be full than not wanting to eat anything due to our comments."
A third concluded: "The work I had to do to convince my daughter she could eat a kitkat with her lunch of salad and ham wrap, cucumber sticks and a satsuma was unreal."
In an ideal world, kids would be eating the healthiest food possible but there can be many factors as to why that's not the case, including aversion to certain foods or even sensory issues, which can be difficult for parents to combat at the best of times.
Should teachers be watching what kids are eating at school? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
