How Would You Feel About This Note In Your Child's Lunch Box?

Did you give your kids a packed lunch today? Did you check if they scoffed the lot?

Or did you tentatively open the lunchbox at the end of the day to find a stern note from the school about your poor nutritional choices whilst packing said child's lunch?

It's not that far-fetched. That's exactly what happened to one mum in Australia, according to the Huffington Post .

The site reports that her child brought home the following note from school:

”Please help us to encourage nutritious eating habits in children,” the note read. “Our healthy eating policy asks you to provide healthy and nutritious snacks for your child to eat at kindergarten.

“Acceptable items include: Fresh, dried or tinned fruit/vegetables, vegetables dips, cheese, crackers/dry biscuits, yoghurt, fruit bread, muffins and sandwiches with healthy fillings.

“The sultanas packed for your child today are unacceptable due to their high sugar content. Regards, the staff team.”

Oh boy. Let's just say I don't think I would have reacted calmly if I'd been presented with a note like that. Raisins?

I mean c'mon, there are worse dietary sins to stuff in a child's lunchbox than a packet of raisins.

I could just about deal with a note like this on a day when I've snuck a Wispa into my kid's lunch box. Yes, that sometimes happens. Get over it. It's rare.

And I'm not about to get into the whys and wherefores of the sugar content of a raisin, but I think this is a healthy eating policy gone mad. When did school's start taking such an interest in the contents of kids' lunch boxes? It doesn't make sense to me.

I don't expect my children's teachers to tolerate my interfering with the way they run their classrooms, and equally I'm not comfortable with a member of school staff telling me what I should or should not pack in my child's lunch. That's my job and if I were sending in a McDonald's Happy Meal I could understand the intervention but A BOX OF RAISINS?

Give me strength.

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