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Teacher tells young pupil ‘how to’ eat her lunch, until angry mom gets involved Credits: Social Media
By Kieran Galpin

Teacher tells young pupil ‘how to’ eat her lunch, until angry mom gets involved

By Kieran Galpin

A mother earned applause from her followers after writing a ranting note to her childs preschool teacher after a spat over the lunch she brought to school.

The mom, who goes by @pezzi.shop on TikTok and Instagram, took to the video-sharing platform after her daughter came home from school following a telling-off from her teacher.�

The lunch that started it all

@pezzi.shop

Here’s the story: My three-year-old came home from school yesterday, telling me that her teacher told her that she had to eat all of her “good” foods before she ate her “bad” foods. She couldn’t have her cookie before eating her sandwich and cucumbers. In this moment, I felt a little frustrated by the antiquated instruction from the teacher, but I responded saying, “Well that’s silly. There are no good foods or bad foods. Food is just food!“ I will say, this was not my internal dialogue growing up, but because of the information that I have from so many great accounts created by moms and experts, in the field of childhood and nutrition, I am armed with better responses, knowledge and practices for my kids. Three years old. At three years old someone has told her that foods are good or bad. I am so proud that she had sensed something was off – to know that was not right enough to tell me about it. We talk about it all the time at home… If you only eat carrots or broccoli your body won’t have protein it needs to grow strong muscles. If you only eat chicken, your body won’t have enough energy to do things like run and play all day long. We need little bits of everything to make sure that we are able to learn and play and grow all day long. So to the accounts that make sure we have the words, knowledge and confidence to write the note and practice it at home, I thank you, thank you, thank you. It has changed our family for the better. What you do and what you share is so important to young families. #kidsnutrition #kidseatincolor #solidstarts #kidfood #babyledweaning toddlers moms babies family @Jennifer Anderson, MSPH RD @Feeding Littles @Kacie Barnes, MCN, RDN @Food Science Babe

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The mom posted a video of her daughters lunchbox that had seemingly caused some division at school because of its food content. It included a sandwich, strawberries, an orange, some cucumber, and a cookie.�

She explained in the caption: “My three-year-old came home from school yesterday, telling me that her teacher told her that she had to eat all of her good foods before she ate her bad foods. She couldnt have her cookie before eating her sandwich and cucumbers.

Naturally, she was frustrated by the situation and told her daughter: Well thats silly. There are no good foods or bad foods. Food is just food!

Three years old. At three years old someone has told her that foods are good or bad. I am so proud that she had sensed something was off – to know that was not right enough to tell me about it, she added. We talk about it all the time at home& If you only eat carrots or broccoli your body wont have the protein it needs to grow strong muscles. If you only eat chicken, your body wont have enough energy to do things like run and play all day long. We need little bits of everything to make sure that we are able to learn and play and grow all day long.

She finished the caption by thanking informative social media accounts before revealing the savage message she wrote the teacher.�

Organic healthy lunch box on a table cloth
Credit: Peter Dazeley

It read: “Hi! Evelyn has our permission to eat lunch in any order she chooses. None of her foods are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ – they are just food! Thanks, Caroline and Joey.

The mum was told she did the right thing 

This was one of the few times that the comment section seemed to agree on the situation. Many stated that she did the right thing and some users even suggested she should have called a meeting over the lunchbox scandal. 

One person wrote: As I teacher, your response is 100% right. The narrative of good & bad food can actually encourage harmful eating habits to develop.

As a former teacher, my thought was the parents packed their kid’s lunch with the intent they eat it; in whatever order or amount! another person wrote. 

A third said: My first graders always ask if they can eat dessert first and I always tell them they can eat the food in any order they want as long as they eat!