Mum ‘lunch shamed’ for giving daughter chocolate cookies

Mum Says She Was ‘Lunch Shamed’ By School For Giving Her 5-Year-Old Daughter Oreo Cookies.

Leeza Pearson was out of fruit and vegetables one day last week, so she tucked a pack of Oreos in her daughter Natalee’s lunch and sent her off to school at the Children’s Academy in Aurora, Colorado.

Pearson thought nothing of it, until her daughter came home with a not from school, admonishing her for packing the cookies in the lunch.

The note read:

“Dear Parents, it is very important that all students have a nutritious lunch. This is a public school setting and all children are required to have a fruit, a vegetable and a healthy snack from home, along with a milk. If they have potatoes, the child will also need bread to go along with it. Lunchables, chips, fruit snacks, and peanut butter are not considered to be a healthy snack. This is a very important part of our program and we need everyone’s participation.”

Pearson could not believe how the school handled the situation.

“I think it is definitely over the top, especially because they told her she can’t eat what is in her lunch,” says Pearson. “They should have at least allowed to eat her food and contacted me to explain the policy and tell me not to pack them again.”

Officials at the Children’s Academy have not made a comment on the matter so far.

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