As any parent knows, packing school lunches can be extremely challenging.
This is especially true if parents are dealing with allergy issues, picky eaters, and tight budgets, however, school lunches just got a lot harder for some Canadian parents.
In order to instill healthier eating habits in their students, Ontario school teachers have been monitoring the food their students bring in for snacks and lunches and have begun confiscating anything that is not ‘healthy’ enough.
Sometimes, just a few things are taken away from students, or even their entire lunch is confiscated and they’re left with nothing to eat.
At first, mom Janae Brangman couldn’t understand why her first grader came home with her untouched lunch, but was furious when she found out the teachers had confiscated it and instead gave her just one orange in place of her entire meal.
“I felt it was more unhealthy for a child not to eat at all, than to eat a granola bar with chocolate,” she said.
Kids have been discouraged from bringing in typical snacks like pudding, chips, cookies, fruit snacks, Goldfish crackers, and granola bars, however, it’s ultimately up to the teacher’s discretion.
“It’s basically the teacher’s opinion,” said mom Avani Chaudhary, whose second-grade daughter was told she couldn’t eat a granola bar or Goldfish crackers. “Is a muffin more healthy than a granola bar? Maybe, maybe not. It depends on what is in them. Is the teacher qualified to make these decisions? It should be up to the parents.”
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Teachers Are Confiscating ‘Unhealthy’ Foods From Packed Lunches is an article from: LifeDaily