To feel like force feding the anorexic school teacher whose imposing a ban on cereal barres in packed lunches?

[onthewarpath]

Being all in favour of healthy balanced eating, I nevertheless find myself fighting with school every day since they have imposed a ban of cereal barres in packed lunches. So while school lunch children are scoffing down chocolate mousse for desert my children are supposed to be eating celery and carrot sticks?????
I always prided myself in giving a reasonably balanced, mostly home made, content in lunch boxes. In fact, If I was taking any thing from it I would probably be done by NSPCC for under nurishing my children.
I am being told that it is because parents give piles of chocolate barres, fizzy drinks and crisps (all in the same meal of course!!!!!!)I have yet to meet one such parent as most of the ones I talk to seem to be quite clued up on what to give children in a lunche box. They even know about FRUITS believe it or not .
If really a child was comming to school with the most infamous lunch box, could the teachers not call the parents and give them sensible advice or is that not PC enough? why should everyone be painted with the same brush?

I agree with the general tenor of answers that the school should not peer into individual lunchboxes.

Is it really the anorexic, or perhaps naturally thin teacher's idea? surely it's a whole school policy?

I give my son a cereal bar now and again in his lunchbox. He wants to know why he can't have Skittles and crisps every day like some of his friends. I do feel ever so slightly irritated that he now thinks these items constitute lunch, but not so much that I would challenge the right of other parents to provide them for their own children.

Whats wrong with cereal bars? (good ones) My 3yr old loves organix bars especially apple and orange! Why would they be banned when he starts school? Sorry I don't get it!

Based on some of the posts here, perhaps I'm feeding ds too many good foods - he runs me ragged. I'm going down to Asda for some cereal bars, fruit shoots and chocolate bars

More seriously, yes, there are cereal bars and cereal bars, but, if everything else is good - so what if there is a bit of less good - and if they are censoring packed lunches, they certainly shouldn't be allowing chocolate mousse etc for puddings. Having said that, ds has just started school and is having school dinners - I am quite relaxed about him having 'cake and custard' or 'chocolate crunchy squares' for pudding when he's had a good first course...

I will never be able to appologise enough for the "anorexic" bit I added in my moaning banter.It was really all the frustration of the moment that came out and by no means did I want to offend anyone ,very sorry that I did so .The teacher inquestion actually drew the school policy, hence my anger directed at her. She was ds2 and ds3 teacher and I do very much appreciate her on a personal basis, she is well aware of my opinion about it. What does get to me is that I very much like people to be treated as individuals and the "one size fits all" policy is flawed as it does not at any point take into account the children's life style (sporty, coach potato...)
I have calmed down since yesterday but will carry on giving cereal barres when I feel like it.
In any case, the teacher should always go and talk to the parents and not to the child in school if there is a problem. None of my 3 children in school do pack their own lunch box, they should not be held responsible for its content.