Irresponsible text on homework

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DD1 is in Year 1 and got a weird text for her homework.

The text is about a boy who wakes up in the middle of the night and sneaks into the kitchen to eat chocolate cake.

AIBU to think this is totally inappropriate and irresponsible?.... These kids are 5/6 years old, they don't need to be encouraged to have this kind of unhealthy and also deceitful behaviour (the boy complains the floor creaks and is going to wake up his parents).

It's a Michael Rosen poem and the mother gets upset with the boy in the morning when she finds out. However the excerpt in the homework doesn't include this last part.

It's quite a fun poem but for older children who know better..... and maybe not something to show at school....

Get a grip.

Gonna be a looong 12 years.

You’re Fucking insane. Good god.

Fgs. Get a grip. Are people this petty.

Please tell me you're taking the piss?

Poor teacher.

Both my dc did that poem at primary. They loved it. Neither of them have ever tried to steal chocolate cake in the middle of the night.

Young children are quite capable of recognising fiction.

It's a Michael Rosen poem and the mother gets upset with the boy in the morning when she finds out. However the excerpt in the homework doesn't include this last part.

Is there anything stopping you showing your child the whole poem?

Yep.

YABU and ridiculous. Get a grip

Watch Michael Rosen perform it, I love him!
Children love it because it is naughty!

Are you joking??

All Y1 classes do this poem - has your DD also been asked to watch Michael Rosen reciting the poem (or shown it at school?). That way she will be aware of the ending.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Please tell me you're not serious.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🫣

Wow.

You are THAT parent.

She's 5, not 10 or 15, there's a difference 🤨 she couldn't even understand what the issue was with the creaky floor

Michael Rosen is the devil incarnate. Everyone knows. Honestly, he has led children into all sorts. Mainly with bears at the end

Have you not read any kids books with midnight feasts? It's a pretty common theme

Thanks OP I needed cheering up, although I bet there are parents who would think this

😂Oh dear OP. It's fine. Absolutely fine.

The men in white coats are on their way

Read her the whole poem and have a chat about it.

You should probably remove your child from that school OP. Absolutely appalling.