To think that yogurt raisins are ok for a lunchbox?

[harryhausen]

Well just that really. My ds was told today by the dinner lady that he wasn't allowed to eat his yogurt raisins from his lunch box. My ds is only 5 so he didn't ask for further explanation.

Yogurt raisins are ok aren't they? I mean he had a cheese & salad wrap, an apple & a small packet of bread sticks too. The yogurt raisins were the 'treat'

I've put them into both my dcs lunch before with no problems. Bit mystified.

Everything in moderation. Don't eat your own body weight of them and they are fine as a snack.

I have a very skinny DS1 and he takes something rather fattening everyday in his packed lunch. And once a week he has school dinners and has a stodgy school dinner pud.

As a parent YANBU, but we don't allow any dried fruit at the nursery school where I work because it has such a high sugar content which is bad for teeth.

well is there policy at the school. If not the dinner lady needs rebuking. If so you need it clarified, and if you find that yogurt raisins are well within the parameters you need to make sure the dinner lady is informed and doesn't do it again.

I don't see the problem with them in the lunch box.
However as others have pointed out they're not actually that healthy. I bought some from m&s. I should have known they were next to the till, next to the chocolate etc and the lady on the till quickly pointed out how many calories were in the pack!

YANBU I understand that Schools have healthy eating policies but it must be confusing and other people have said children can have a treat every now again.

Had he eaten all his sandwiches or whatever you give him as I remember when we were at school we had to eat our savouries first? If he had then I think it's a bit unfair as he didn't pack the lunch and may still be hungry.

What would they do if they deemed the whole or majority of the childs lunch unhealthy, make them go hungry?

It just goes to show that if you give some types of people a little power they go bonkers with it!! I would defo talk to the HT about it, nip this crazy control freakery in the bud.

No no no no! Yoghurt raisins should be banned and it should be fresh organic freshly picked strawberries. Shit, I forgot, fruit still contains SUGAR. So just pack a couple of cucumber sticks next time.

Blah blah blah. It's ridiculous. Just give him what you want, even a FRUIT SHOOT! Lol.

They are a high energy food in the same calorific and fat league as chocolate and crisps (disguised as something 'healthy').

The lunchbox policing is another issue.

I hate these stupid rules - nanny state, labour style.

Raisins I'd say ok. Sweet but ok. Yogurt ones I see their point but hardly a foot long toblerone is it?!

The lunchbox police thing is redic. We should be encouraging healthy attitudes to food in moderation not "ban the evil sugar"

dgs regularly takes yoghurt coated raisins in his lunchbox-the dinner lady always says ,"Ooh can I have one?" :)

@lottie children need calories and fat.

I also agree with what has been said re your dc not being responsible for the contents of the lunchbox - if they have a problem with what you pack the school should contact you OP.

Thank God DD1's school seems sensible so far. No nuts, no sweets, no fizzy drinks. Job done.

Nods at Ethel. My kid needs a lot cals and more fat than the 'average' kid.

They need calories and I used to have one who needed a lot of extra calories at times but they don't need all that sugar and they really don't need to think it is 'healthy'. It is a shame nuts are not allowed in many schools (although I certainly understand why) as they are a really good way to get calories in kids who need them.

Who tells their kids they are healthy? Just a different option to a choc biccie. To eat loads everyday ain't good but in moderation it seems totally fine to me.

Our school has a fab rule where they cannot take anything that is 'just chocolate' so a Chunky Kitkat = fine, four chocolate buttons = absolutely not, whole Snickers = munch away, single square of Green and Blacks = hand it over.

There was a boy in ds's class who used to take buttered white bread and marshmellow flumps for lunch, nothing else, everyday, I shit you not and that was fine, but no 'just chocolate' in any form Twatty rule.

our school just says no lollies,sweets or fizzy drinks,which is fair enough.

if there was a really strict lunchbox policy i wouldnt send them there.my kids dont even eat sweets etc but i cant stand being told by other people what my kids can or cannot eat,im not stupid i can decide for myself.

If children cant eat sugar or fat that only leaves protein.

Or cardboard.

Admittedly, you've only got the report of your five year old to go on, OP but I'm still astonished about children being told they cannot eat what is in their lunchbox. I've no objection to rules about healthy eating but surely, if a child brings something that is deemed unacceptable, someone tells the parent not to include that item again. You don't stop a hungry child eating its lunch. And especially not a 5 year old who isn't responsible for what is in there!

Like I said. It's the inconsistency that's confusing and annoying. I'm all for a healthy lunchbox (in my humble opinion it was one). However, he's in Y1, my dd is in Y3 and the yogurt raisins have gone into the lunchbox many times before. I've even ((intake of breath)) occasionally included a packet of crisps as a treat and that's gone unnoticed.

Maybe it really is just the dried fruit thing?

It's madness I tell you!

I think I'll ask for a letter to go out to clarify just exactly what ISN'T allowed in a packed lunch.

Other than worrying they could be peanuts there is no reason whatsoever to comment on someone's lunch.

I'd be at the school having a word. And I'd take in a copy of their school lunch menu for good measure. Odds are that there are plenty of puds on it to point and tut about. Oh yes