Lunch Boxes?

AnonyMouse_1469 · 2012-02-27T22:40:11+0000

Just after some views on this please. After christmas, we noticed that one or two children were bringing a sweet or two ( usually a chocolate coin or santa) left over from the festivities. This has now slightly snowballed, with more children bringing things and the original two actually bringing small pots of sweets as an integral part of their lunch, today it was gummy bears.This is in addition to a chocolate bar etc. Now, I am not averse to a bit of something sweet myself on occasion BUT this is beginning to prove problematic, some of those children, if we don't watch like hawks, will down the sweets before anything else is opened. We tried removing them from the boxes and allowed them back once the other things were eaten, but I had a parent asking why I was taking things out of her child's box? I did explain and thought all was well, but the child told me sweetly last week 'mummy said don't you dare take my treat away'. Anyway, my own feeling is that although we cannot of course, dictate what does and does not go into a lunch box, I have put out a newsletter today asking that parents observe some general healthy eating guidelines, one of which is not to put sweets into their child's box. I have said that an occasional treat is fine, but have explained that for us, lunch times are becoming a minefield as some children don't have sweets and this causes arguments ( true)........ and several children are bringing in sweets every single day. Last week one child had two packets of crisps and two chupa chop lollies as her lunch! Am I being an old bag by suggesting that a piece of fruit is much nicer and kinder to teeth etc so we would prefer to see those in boxes instead and perhaps sweets could be reserved to a treat once a week with parents at home? The parent of the child with gummy bears stood and read her newsletter before leaving, and quite seriously asked, ' well, what am I supposed to put in her lunch instead then?? It will mean there's a little space in the box if i don't give her them'!!!! I said that perhaps an extra piece of fruit, or a handful of raisins might be better, and I wasn't saying no sweets EVER, I just would prefer not to have them in the setting. We have put a healthy eating leaflet with the newsletter, and i don't want to go over the top, but am I being unreasonable?

By AnonyMouse_1469
February 27, 2012 in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues

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