Reading, writing, mathematics, history and social studies. These are some of the disciplines teachers should concern themselves with.
Lunch box inspectors? Sorry. That’s none of our business.
And what’s more, whilst the method of lunchbox checking is intended to encourage healthy eating, it is more likely to lead to food-related anxiety.
Parents are clashing with teachers who police lunch boxes and shame children for bringing unhealthy food, new research shows.
University of Melbourne researchers interviewed 50 Victorian primary school parents and found some were anxious and upset about their school’s surveillance of lunch boxes.
In some cases, photos of children with “good” and “bad” lunch boxes were circulated around the school to teach others what to bring and what not to bring.
Young students were also singled out by teachers and given yard duties or penalty points for having the wrong food, the study found.
One girl buried a muesli bar in the playground because she was so embarrassed about having it in her lunch box and another had homemade cake returned with admonishment.
I ask one simple question. How would policymakers like having parents inspect their lunches? Because we all know that the hypocrites that enforce these policies are quite partial to a bit of Uber Eats.
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