WIBU to say something to DS1 teacher about this?

[NewLisaLife]

Or should I keep my beak out?

DS1(7) told me at tea time tonight that one of his friends - lets called him T, had only a sandwich and a chocolate bar (chocolate biscuit) for his packed lunch. T has a brother, who also had the same for his lunch.

DS1 gave him his crisps and his chocolate biscuit out of his lunch so T wouldn't go hungry, his other friend also gave Ts brother his crisps and a biscuit from his lunch so he wouldn't go hungry.

I know the boys mother - not well but well enough to stop and chat to in the playground or if out in town I'll say 'hello, how are you etc etc?' So don't want approach mother iykwim?

WIBU to mention this to DS teacher?
DS thought id be mad that he gave away some of his lunch but I'm actually quite proud that he and his friend gave them some more food so that they wouldn't go hungry.

I'm really surprised you can't understand that DS's packed lunch is full of crap processed food. There really is too much if it too. Lets break it down.

Ham sandwich - ok as long as the wheat is wholemeal and the meat isn't cheap extra processed crap. Best to alternate with non wheat products.

Chocolate biscuit - sugar and crap white wheat. Highly processed junk

Mini roll - sugar and crap white wheat again. Highly processed junk

Crisps - salt and probably bad fats - processed junk food

Yogurt - yet more sugar.

Tomatoes occasionally - healthy particularly if organic.

Today my 7 year old had a small quinoa salad, humus and veg sticks, one tiny tub of mixed stuff - dried apricots, seeds, nuts etc

Yesterday he had an egg sandwich, a small tub of Greek yogurt (decanterend from a larger tub) and an apple

Tomorrow DS will have a slab of cheese, tuna salad with rice, tangerine

I pack my ds a sandwich, fruit, yoghurt, raisins, maltloaf, carrot sticks. I am lucky if he eats the sandwich and nothing else is touched. I think he is in a rush to go out to play! I only put half the stuff in so I don't look like a dreadful mother. A sandwich and a choc biscuit isn't that awful.

Does he have honk 5 days a week throughout the school term
?

Honk - junk

This thread is fucking hilarious.

OP, I would worry if it became a pattern but not on a one off. They might have scoffed stuff earlier. Or have walked out leaving half.of their lovingly prepared dinner on the chopping board.

Now get yourself some quinoa ffs before you're summarily degregistered.

I remember a teacher mentioning that my (fussy eater) of a son had accidentally got hold of his older brothers lunch and was upset. She questioned whether my eldest had already eaten some as it was only two items. I was unsure as dh had made it. DH had just become distracted mid-packed lunch making and had forgotten to complete it - no drink either.

And, there we have it.......

It's more to do with the fact that it reminds you of your childhood lunches as opposed to being a health issue.

You were told that your child eats a lot ONLY because your child's lunch is disproportionately large compared to the child in question. It's entirely up to you what you feed your child.....and it's entirely up to her what she feeds hers ;)

Also, if the wording of your original post had been geared towards praising your own child rather than questioning whether there was a safeguarding issue of sorts with the other child, then OBVIOUSLY you would have had a different response.

You will be answered on the way you phrase your OP.

Gotta love Mumsnet

Your ds did what he thought was a nice thing.

if I was the other boys mother I would be annoyed (more at school than your ds though). whilst I wouldn't mind them getting extra fruit or veg (infants get free fruit and if there is extra due to school trips or lots of absence like when chicken pox goes through a class it is distributed amongst juniors too) I would not be happy with extra junk food. I plan their lunch as I do my own considering what else is happening that day, so pancakes for breakfast or going to a birthday party (or MIL's house) after school would all mean a smaller lunch.

Not a healthy lunch but it's more than enough, it just looks small compared to your child's huge lunch and I'm sure your child's lunch is small compared to other children's even larger lunches. Large portions have become normalised but they're not healthy, particularly large portions of sugary junk. There's an obesity crisis and type two diabetes epidemic for a reason...

Why fill your child's lunch with junk? Every day?

Quinoa salad is my fave!

So what have you put in DS's lunch box today?

DS' are having a school dinner today !