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All you "everything in moderation, lunchbox contents don't matter" mothers

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broperponkers · 14/08/2006 14:13

Do you tell your children to bully others who've got homemade bread and no chocolate?

Or do they just do it themselves?

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Quootiepie · 14/08/2006 14:14
fattiemumma · 14/08/2006 14:15

no. i'd tell them to be their freind so that they can get invited orund for tea and get to eat all the deliciouse homemade foods the mother cooks.

mykidsmum · 14/08/2006 14:15

mine just do it

mykidsmum · 14/08/2006 14:16
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broperponkers · 14/08/2006 14:16

But then would that child go on to bitch about "the crap food that they got" when they got into the playground, despite proclaiming to love it at said playdate's house and cleaning their plate?

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mykidsmum · 14/08/2006 14:17

depends on the age of the kid I reckon

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broperponkers · 14/08/2006 14:19

Let's say nine.

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Greensleeves · 14/08/2006 14:19

manners marginally more important than diet, one might think.... for the child on two counts!

mykidsmum · 14/08/2006 14:21

I think about nine kids are aware enough to use something like this to be unkind.

proudofmyboobs · 14/08/2006 14:22

OOh no, I'd hate for my child to do this. She loves brown bread that we bake but she also loves sh*t white bread toasted, can't there be a happy medium?

What age of a child would they have to be to know wether food they have been given has been home made or shop bought? I know my almost 5yr old only really knows the difference in bread!

mykidsmum · 14/08/2006 14:23

Like greensleaves said, I'd be very concerned if my child had poor manners and acted in this way, but it wouldn't suprise me if children did. but if i ever caught mine doing it they would never eat a biscuit again.

Jimjams2 · 14/08/2006 14:23

9 year olds will be gits for any "different" reason, teaching them not to be is important but takes time.

Jimjams2 · 14/08/2006 14:25

ds2 says that my home made gluten free bread is "normal" bread and moans when given shop bought sliced. He's only 4 though, at 9 I guess he might be a bit more bothered by the "norm".

Tinker · 14/08/2006 14:26

My child is the one who whinges that "everyone" else has crisps but not her.

mykidsmum · 14/08/2006 14:27

my kids are mad on jamie Oliver, if he says it then it must be right, has worked wonders in their diet and packed lunches

Tinker · 14/08/2006 14:27

And yes, 9 year olds are quite gittish.

Medulla · 14/08/2006 14:27

Mykidsmum have you got a particular JO book you use?

mykidsmum · 14/08/2006 14:28

The Dinners one and the italian escape, although to be fair my dp does most of the cooking

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broperponkers · 14/08/2006 14:29

Eight or nine, not sure. Don't think a year makes that much difference though with something like this?

But yes, ceaseless bullying and tormenting over "weird bread" and "do you have chocolate today? Oh, no, you don't. I do! Ha ha ha!" or words to that effect and "you can't sit with us, you have a weird packed lunch".

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Medulla · 14/08/2006 14:31

broperponkers we need to come up with some quick witted responses your children could use. I can't think of any but I'm sure there are some that can

Norah · 14/08/2006 14:32

I think it could just be a particularly gittish child ? There's one like this in dd's class (she's only just done reception btw) and he will tease mercilessly about ANYTHING ! He is the child of oafish upper class arse parents though and has two equally gittish older sibs - so he didn't stand a chance !

CaligulaCorday · 14/08/2006 14:32

pmsl at thread title and first post.

proudofmyboobs · 14/08/2006 14:32

Have you spoken to the teacher about it? (or given in and send him cr*p?) Joking by the way! I'd stick to my guns over this one, how dare some children think they have a right to criticise what others are eating!

AlwaysOnTheGo · 14/08/2006 14:34

tee hee
I deliberately put a small box of smarties in sons lunchbox when they have school outings (its not a school dinners/ pack lunch option at school), just to p* off one particular Mum who always 'offers' to help on every outing and is a major playground gossip

  • why ? Because she commented on my sons behaviour once and suggested I shouldn't give him smarties (after apparently discussing it with other Mums)
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broperponkers · 14/08/2006 14:34

It's a gang of about six or seven girls and some boys too sometimes.

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