IT CAN be hard for parents to pack healthy lunch boxes for their kids that they’ll actually eat.
So people have been left divided over the reaction of one mum who was criticised by a teacher for giving her daughter fruit juice.
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Posting on a local Facebook notice board, the woman shared how her little girl had the drink taken away from her during lunchtime because it wasn’t deemed healthy.
The mum – who is from Sydney in Australia – revealed that the offending item was what appeared to be a bottle of Apple Raspberry Cordial.
However, she explained that it actually contained water with two capsules of hydrolyte – an often-flavoured supplement containing electrolytes as well as key vitamins and minerals – in it.
Regardless of what the bottle was filled with, the furious parent insisted, the teacher had no right to interfere – and she also shared a picture of a handwritten note she had penned in response for her daughter to take in the next day’s lunch box.
Unless you are going to ‘pay’ $$ for my child’s packed lunch and supply her with a drink, then please keep your opinions to yourself.
Furious mum
It read: “Unless you are going to ‘pay’ $$$ for my child’s packed lunch and supply her with a drink, then please keep your opinions to yourself and stop telling my child what she can or can’t have in her lunch box!
“Thanks, kind regards, the child’s MOTHER!!!”
Adding to her post, the mum explained: “She takes just water everyday.
“This was just a one off and it actually wasn’t even cordial, it was water with two hydrolyte in it.
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“And the point is the teachers should stick to their curriculum and what they were taught in uni, and let me do the parenting.”
Several fellow mums agreed with her that the teacher shouldn’t be interfering with the contents of her daughter’s lunch.
One person commented: “I hear you. On top of what you’re saying, we also had a teacher force our daughter to eat a banana that wasn’t as ripe as it seemed.
“I lost my s**t at the teacher and told her to NEVER force my daughter to eat anything, ever again. Stick to educating in the classroom.”
How much sugar should we consume?
The government recommends that free sugars – sugars added to food or drinks, and sugars found naturally in honey, syrups, and unsweetened fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies and purées – should not make up more than 5% of the energy (calories) you get from food and drink each day.
This means:
- Adults should have no more than 30g of free sugars a day, (roughly equivalent to 7 sugar cubes).
- Children aged 7 to 10 should have no more than 24g of free sugars a day (6 sugar cubes).
- Children aged 4 to 6 should have no more than 19g of free sugars a day (5 sugar cubes).
- There’s no guideline limit for children under the age of 4, but it’s recommended they avoid sugar-sweetened drinks and food with sugar added to it.
Source: NHS
However, many sympathised with the teacher, since they suggested healthy eating is part of the curriculum.
One shared: “It’s stressful raising kids and being a mum. This note though, makes you look like a jerk.
“The teacher is only following what the department gives them as guidelines.
“How about if you have a problem you go talk to your teacher’s child like an adult.”
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