tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post6564136208625075810..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: The school lunch boxcatdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-9069679253406916392017-02-21T17:24:33.142+10:302017-02-21T17:24:33.142+10:30The story I heard was that a parent of a number of...The story I heard was that a parent of a number of children who have very healthy and balanced diets, held a birthday party for a sibling on the weekend. On the Monday, the mother popped some leftover birthday slice into the lunchbox for a treat.<br />The teacher sent a note home for the parent chastising the parent for sending "inappropriate" food; that 'cake' is a 'sometimes' food and not for meals, yet the parent was sending cake as a 'sometimes' food. Sometimes, there is a birthday and sometimes we get to have cake in our lunchboxes. Every other day of the year is a healthy lunch. So that is how I heard this conversation get started.<br /><br />I also heard comments of parents who have had teachers and schools make the child feel so bad, that their food is bad, that it has given the child a complex about food and now the child is manifesting behaviours of eating disorders like hiding food unnecessarily and linking negative emotions like guilt with food; etc.<br /><br />Here is another example where someone failed to teach the rule to not leap in with judgment before investigating all the facts.Jodiebodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377052537742885631noreply@blogger.com