To think DS should have been sent home after fainting?

[sunsetseasky]

DS fainted this morning in assembly. They asked him if he'd eaten and he said no, so they made him have some toast.

However, AIBU to think they really should have called me and sent him home?

[runsmidgeOMG]

I have to agree with @MaisyPops

If he was a teenager it would almost be his choice but since he is only 10/11 he may not have the full mental capacity to fully/ properly understand potential issues from not eating.

He's been fine until now, great ! However I'd probably be using this as an example of what happens when you don't eat. Even if it's a small nibble of something to begin with.

[RavingRoo]

Demand he eat something. Refuse to let him leave without. As I said parenting is difficult. As he got better after toast, his not eating breakfast is the problem and it needs to be sorted out.

[hemel07]

I would be furious not to be informed. My DS fainted once (at home) and I had him checked out by the GP straight away, who performed an ECG. Who are the school to decide if this was a simple faint or not???

[yikesanotherbooboo]

Fainting is common particularly if standing for a while and if hungry. I wouldn't expect to be called from school if DC had made a good recovery and DC could tel me at home time.i was a fainter and was about this age the first time it happened. All three of my children have fainted for various reasons.
As far as breakfast is concerned he isn't old enough to decide that he doesn't want it , is he? I would say to him that the faint might have been caused by missing breakfast and so from now on he has to have it. If he struggles when he first gets up then he could get up earlier so that he acclimatises to the day for a while before eating. Discuss options with him eg porridge, eggs, beans on toast, sandwiches or whatever.i would think that the school would take a dim view of him going in to school without breakfast again after this. After all he might have hurt himself .

[ferrier]

For someone that dislikes breakfast, all those ideas just won't work. Glass of water, dry crackers or breadsticks and/or fruit juice are my best suggestions.
All of which ignore the fact there could easily be some other reason that he fainted and to straight out attribute it to lack of food is potentially dangerous.

[MaisyPops]

For someone that dislikes breakfast, all those ideas just won't work. Glass of water, dry crackers or breadsticks and/or fruit juice are my best suggestions
Lots of us who don't like breakfast have replied with what we do.

At the end of the day he is 10 years old.

I'm not a breakfast person but my mum still made me have breakfast because i was a child and it was her job as my parent.
By teen years it's harder to police but my mum would give me a bigger snack for break time when I was better at eating.
Even now I don't have breakfast first thing but as a kid no way was i telling my mum that i wouldn't eat a meal.