School’s just gone back, and healthy lunchboxes that meet school guidelines are on everyone’s minds.
And it’s rough out there. Sometimes, you nail it, and other times, you fail, in which case you’ll find a friendly letter inside your child’s lunchbox come home time.
TV host, Grant Denyer found himself in that position this week, proving no one – not even the host of Family Feud – is above the law.
“We got in trouble with Sailor’s school, we’ve been reprimanded,” the father-of-two told his radio co-hosts, Em Rusciano and Ed Kavalee on the 2DayFM Breakfast Show with Em, Ed & Grant, Grant Denyer.
“A letter was sent home about sending Sailor to school with an ‘inappropriate item’ in her lunchbox.”
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I think Rush is 100% on the money. The fact is that the teacher had no way of knowing if the muffin was homemade and gluten free or if it was a mass produced muffin from Woolies that is full of sugar. Teachers just can't win! If they went back to allowing kids to bring lollies, chocolates and packets of chips to school, I guarantee it would take about 30 seconds for someone to say, "Shouldn't the school have stepped in by this point, how hard is it for the teacher to send a note home to the parents outlining the importance of healthy eating." Newsflash: That is exactly what they did say and that is exactly why teachers do what they do, despite not getting paid any extra for their trouble and getting ridiculed on the radio.
The fact they had ‘no way of knowing‘ is a good reason for them to butt out of the lunch box. I honestly don’t think they have a right here. Totally different story when children don’t have real food packed at all. Snakes, twisties as stated, that is just another form of child neglect and definitely something has to be done. Much more than a little note, they should be put on notice with the authorities.