to not get this about pack lunches..

[Butterflykissess]

son today was told in school he is not allowed to eat oreos at lunch time. as they are "chocolate." its hardly a flaming mars bar! and considering on the school menu os chocolate cake, ice cream etc. aibu to think ots ridiculous?

flowersandbirds sorry you had to suffer.keep up the fight hun.your worth it.and a great post here.thankyou.

It's a shame that some parents cannot be bothered to prepare a decent packed lunch...bit children will only eat what they want the amount of food that gets taken home or thrown in the bin is disgusting! The only dinners that get eaten are the Roast or pizza and chips...

Everyone saying the puddings in school are low sugar is that true? I work in a primary school canteen and our pudding cakes are literally just normal cakes made with sugar and the chocolate ones cocoa no beetroot or anything in sight. Also dont see how it makes sense to give kids a pudding and. It let packed lunches have an Oreo!

I work in a school and I wouldn’t let my children eat the ‘healthy’ food they serve... burgers, sausages, pizza, chips all dripping in grease! Limp vegetables boiled until all the goodness has gone and I’m not sure who started the rumour that salt and sugar aren’t added to stuff but I can assure you that it’s a myth (the soup option is so salty that it usually all goes to waste!) Needless to say I send my children with a packed lunch (which sometimes including a sweet/chocolate/biscuit!!! 😱)

It’s not hard to make a healthy packed lunch. Sandwich or roll, apple, yoghurt and water.
If you pack the lunchbox with the above plus crisps, biscuits, sweet dessert then of course the child will eat these first and not get round to the healthy stuff.
If a child is hungry at lunchtime, and most are, they’ll eat whatever you give them so make sure there’s no junk food, sweets, biscuits or chocolate in there.

My son has a sandwich or tit bits like (chicken or cocktail sausages) a jelly or yoghurt, a cake or biscuit and some crisps, a fruit juice and usually a piece of fruit which he eats at break. Always eats his yoghurt and sandwich first.
My daughter has similar however usually has fruit with her plus the fruit they get free as she’s in reception. She often comes back with the crisps.
The stuff they serve at thier school is not great and she only has school meals on days with pasta or pizza. Each to ther own.

why the fuck would you give a child Oreos to take as part of school lunch?? That's just pure sugar held together with a few synthetic ingredients. The school policy is there to teach people like you that that shit like that does not count as lunch. People wonder why kids are getting so fat in this country!

But that’s it, why are children getting so fat in this country?? Because they eat a couple of Oreos at lunchtime. Really you must know that sounds ridiculous. If you eat lots of Oreos and an unhealthy diet and don’t exercise much yeah you might become unhealthy as a child, but really what’s a couple of Oreos on their own going to change

I’d tell the school to get lost if there is a double standard. How can they even argue in that case?

I understand why schools interfere with lunches as child obesity is allegedly such a problem but what about kids that are underweight and need some additional fat in their diet (albeit not necessarily chocolate). There needs to be some common sense and intelligence added to the equation.

Damn so much fuss over food
So i gather my fondant covered, sugar laden dlish donut shopkin cake would be a no, no
I would have laughed at dd school if the told me i couldnt send her to school with some of her birthday cake. Cant see that happening though, the bus driver gives them lollypops weekly, chocolate at easter, ice blocks in summer
The only food rule i abide by is the allergy bans, thats completely fair, otherwise, keep your nose outta my kids lunch.

Every school will have their own policy. So every single person on here will have a different experience.
I work in a school and have recently noticed the amount of sugar consumed by children in packed lunches. The culprit is mainly the drinks. We’re talking between 50-100g of sugar just in their lunches. Others bring in leftovers from last nights takeaway.
I personally think there should be no chocolate/sugary/fatty foods and only water. I also think yoghurts should be band unless they are natural. I know that’s quite extreme but I almost had a heart attack recently when I noticed how much sugar there is in flavoured yoghurts.
I 100% agree that there should be no cakes or custard in school dinners. I work in primary so I can’t speak for secondary but there is virtually no sugar in the cakes and sugar has been replaced with a veg. But I still don’t think it should be on offer but there should be a selection of fruit instead.
From the schools point of view, if they are eating unhealthy lunches then their breakfasts & dinners are probably not the healthiest either. We can’t control that, but we can control the lunches to ensure at least one of their meals are healthy.

It’s like most things at school it becomes OTT. The reality is as a parent you k ow what’s good and what’s not ...
In a packed lunch a Sandwich, some chopped fruit a small bottle of water, baby bel and then a packet of mini cheddars, pomme bears or little cake is reasonable.
The school meals are worse - and yes I’ve seen them

I am more taken aback by the fact that it seems normal to have crisps and a biscuit in a lunchbox EVERY day.

That people are complaining that the school won't let them. That it is even their RIGHT to feed their kids this stuff every day.

Because they are 5 and it’s nice that have something else. I always have a bag of crisps or something ... don’t drink fizzy drinks - never have.

But it’s no ones business what’s in the lunchbox. If schools want to feed the children at their own cost I might say go for it. But as an adult and parent I’ll put what I want in the lunch box it’s no ones business, unless of course it’s an allergy concern. Like everything else this is all to do with balance. But really speaking of banning certain foods make schools sound like police states.

Crossed with you zzzzz

I think its all gone ott. A pack of 2 biscuits in the grand scheme of things is not the end of the world. We should be teaching the kids about moderation and balance, not banning perfectly normal food. My lunchbox as a kid was great homemade flapjack, sandwich, fruit, crisps and a yogurt. Guess what i was active, we didnt sit in and play consoles we went out for hrs riding our bikes, not many fat kids then. I ate everything in sight, i was very thin.
I think they are tackling the wrong problem with regards to obesity, its a lack of activity thats causing it. I had crisps every day for school, i was not fat?
All they are doing with this ott food thing is making the kids probably want to eat that stuff even more by banning it, if you know anything about kids, then you know this is true. If they already eat a good balanced diet then whats wrong with a pack of biscuits as a pudding. I regulary send my daughter with a homemade flapjack or a homemade banana chop chip muffin.

2 Oreos everyday means your son eats a WHOLE PACKET a week by himself. That is unacceptable.

If the school lunches at our place matched a reasonable definition of healthy and didn't include cake and ice cream at pudding I would say they are trying very hard.
If you had a slice of cake every day for your pudding you would be eating a cake a week - using the Oreo analogy.

@zzz you’re not looking for a cookie cutter kid, just stuff them with cookies and sugar and cut their life expectancy?