Hauled into school because dd had no breakfast

[takeastand]

Got called into school as dd(13) felt unwell and it transpired she hadn't eaten. I don't encourage her to eat breakfast although I don't stop her - she rarely gets up early enough to eat it during the week. I honestly thought the school would be sensible about this but what an absolute waste of everyone's time. I thought once I explained that she wasn't neglected or malnourished we could go on our way. Instead a load of hand wringing, unsubstantiated and unscientific bollocks about how important breakfast is and how clearly this is the reason dd felt light headed, even though she hasn't eaten breakfast before school the entire five weeks and this is the first day she has felt unwell.

For context - she is overweight. I'm not going to force another 300-400 calories that she doesn't desire or need at the only point of the day that she doesn't seem to be starving hungry! I make her a cup of tea each morning, she drinks plenty of water. Her house is first for lunch so she eats at 12ish!

It's half term next week and I'm not sure whether I should say anything to the school tomorrow or just let it lie.

ZOMBIE

Yes, breakfast is important, and skipping meals is not a great idea, nor is it a good way to lose weight. For info from the British Dietetic Association. www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/breakfast.pdf

Omg terrible lazy parenting like this is probably the reason she is overweight in the first place! Of course she needs to get her ass out of bed at a reasonable time, have a shower, get dressed, make and eat a healthy breakfast, pack herself a healthy lunch and walk to school. That is what a normal morning routine looks like. Bonus points for a morning jog before her shower since she needs to lose weight.

10 months later we're still commenting on this?

Do people not ever look at the last post before they post themselves??

She is 13. Isn't she doing her own breakfast and making her own way to school? Why is the school calling you in about this. Just tell the girl to eat breakfast before school and there is no reason to get back to the subject.

Yes, breakfast is important and skipping it won't affect weight loss. I personally don't eat any cause I prefere sleep and cannot eat immediately after waking up

Do people not ever look at the last post before they post themselves??

Nope.

I wish old threads could be locked after a bit

My DD is the same, we don’t force her to eat breakfast if she says she isn’t hungry, but with her weight fluctuations as she is growing, we look at her eating patterns and what junk she is eating and cut them down instead. Schools now have a guideline that they have to follow to make sure that kids who are being neglected aren’t being missed like they have been in the past.

I disagree with quite a lot of posters.

I now can't often stomach an early breakfast. Sometimes I can. I often eat breakfast at work, at 9am. I'm a diabetic my whole life and used to be forced to eat 3 meals a day and 2 snacks. Now with a pump I can not eat, or low carb, or eat a lot, as I choose.

Sounds like a complete overreaction by the school.

Sorry. Didn't see zombie.