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....

Oh dear

Dear god 🙄

Aaaahahahaha thank you OP I needed this 🤣🤣🤣

My children love that poem. Totally age appropriate. Michael Rosen reads it out himself on YouTube and it's done brilliantly.

Sounds more fun than a line of Calpol!

OP, chill. There are a million things in life that could negatively affect children. A poem about stealing chocolate cake is not one of them.

Outrageous - poor geets don’t need to be getting any crazy ideas into their wee heeds.

Going to go against the grain here and say that I agree with the op. I mean first OP's child will start sneaking about in the middle of the night for food... then what?

Straight to a crack den that's what!

😂😂😂😂😂

Christ, I feel sorry for your daughter if this is the sort of thing she’s going to have to put up with from you.

You’re mad as a lorry. Get help.

You might want to think about removing the cocoon from around your child.

My niece had a short story and in the last paragraph a dog died giving birth to puppies.

Part of her homework was to write 8 more sentences of the story.

She said the man went to the shed and got a defibrillator and brought the dog back to life and fed it puppy food and the dog had more puppies and told them all their names etc...

She's y4. And they've been learning about heart start 😊

😂😂😂😂😂

It was called the faithful collie by James Hogg

I’ve had a tough day and this has put a smile on my face!!
I hope it’s a joke but fear it isn’t!

You have made me laugh with your joke Op - thanks

I'm absolutely speechless...

Thank you OP, I’d never heard of this poem. (American). It’s cute!

As an American we were being read Shel Silverstein poems at that age. Now there’s some scary shit for the young ones. 😉

… I genuinely don’t know what to say…

Peak mumsnet.

that’s enough internet for me today.

If you’re getting excited about this then It’s going to be a very long 12/13 years until your dc finishes school .
Have a feeling that you’re one of those parents.
You will experience lots of v controversial issues during your dcs school years . Save your outrage for those

I agree 100%, @Azandme .

@grey12 - I honestly think you are overthinking this - I wouldn’t worry, if I were you.

Mad as a lorry 🤣🤣🤣

This is a wind up surely? 🙄

You absolute nutter 😂😂😂

Seriously?? Get a grip! It's a Michael Rosen classic. Just a bit of fun. Christ, you'd better buckle in for a rough ride if you think this is complain to the school stuff! 🤣