Mom puts on-point note in little daughter's lunchbox after teacher divides her lunch into 'good food, bad food'
Parents, especially moms, often ponder upon what to pack for their kids' lunch every day. While some schools forbid the pupils from bringing some specific food items, others provide the standard peanut butter and jelly sandwich meal packs. But a mom named Caroline (@pezzi.shop on TikTok), who also runs a business that manufactures baby and toddler products, came face to face with a unique situation. One day her daughter came home from school to reveal how their teacher made them feel about "bad food" in their tiffin box.
Her daughter said that they were made to start their lunch with the "good" food items in their box before moving to the "bad" food items. In the case of Caroline's daughter's lunchbox, the sandwich and fruits were considered good whereas the cookies were considered bad. As confusing as it might sound to others, Caroline additionally wrote in the caption of her TikTok video, “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." Caroline can be seen opening the lunchbox briefly to show the kind of food items she had included for her daughter.
There is a peeled orange, some chopped strawberries, two cookies, a sandwich in a wrap and something more wrapped securely in the side. "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," she continued. Caroline believes that in the field of childhood and nutrition, she is well-equipped to send a proper response to the teacher. The mom did not understand why her 3-year-old was told that her lunchbox had good and bad food items in it. “I am so proud that she sensed something was off - to know that was not right enough to tell me about it," Caroline further wrote.
"If you only eat carrots or broccoli your body won’t have the 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 can learn and play and grow all day long," she concluded. After this, Caroline decided to write a special note to the teacher and slip it into her daughter's lunchbox for the next day. "Hi! Evelyn has our permission to eat lunch in any order she chooses," she wrote in the note. “None of her foods are 'good' or 'bad' - they are just food! Thanks, Caroline and Joey.” Caroline later turned off the comment section of the video.
@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 ♬ It's All Right I Got Ya Baby - Neon Dreams
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