A mother has divided opinion after sharing a ‘passive-aggressive’ note she left on her daughter’s school lunch box.
The mother claims she left the note after a kindergarten teacher told her three-year-old daughter how to eat her lunch.
The teacher would have let her eat the “good” foods, such as her sandwiches, before she could indulge in the “bad” foods, such as a cookie.
She decided to take matters into her own hands and share her response to TikTok under her guidance @pezzi.shop.
The video has already been viewed by more than 52,000 people, and commentators are divided over whether she was right.
In the clip, she reveals a note taped to the top of her daughter’s lunchbox that reads, “Hi! Evelyn has our permission to eat lunch in any order she wants.
A US mother has divided opinion online after sharing the note she left on her daughter’s lunchbox in which she told her teacher she could eat lunch in ‘any order she wants’
‘None of her foods are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ – they’re just food! Thank you, Caroline and Joey’.
She further explained the context in the caption, writing, “My three year old came home from school yesterday and told me her teacher told her to eat all her ‘good’ food before she ate her ‘good’ food. bad’ foods.
“She couldn’t get her cookie until she ate her sandwich and cucumbers.
“At that moment I felt a little frustrated with the teacher’s old-fashioned instruction, but I responded and said, ‘Well, that’s weird.’ There is no good food or bad food. Food is just food.’
“I will say that this wasn’t my internal dialogue growing up, but because of the information I have from so many great accounts created by moms and childhood and nutrition experts, I am armed with better responses, knowledge, and practices for my children’.
She continued angrily, “Three years old. When she was three years old, someone told her that food is good or bad.
“I’m so proud that she felt something was wrong – to know that wasn’t good enough to tell me about it.
‘We talk about it all the time at home. If you only eat carrots or broccoli, your body doesn’t have protein, it needs strong muscles.
Shocked to hear this from her child, she decided to take matters into her own hands and share her reaction to TikTok, under her direction @pezzi.shop
‘If you only eat chicken, your body won’t have enough energy to do things like run and play all day. We need little bits of everything to ensure we can learn, play and grow all day long.
“So for the accounts that ensure we have the words, the knowledge and the confidence to write the note and practice it at home: thank you, thank you, thank you.
“It has changed our family for the better. What you do and what you share is so important for young families.”
Viewers flocked to the comments to share their thoughts on the lunchbox debate.
One user wrote: ‘When I teach, your answer is 100 percent correct. The narrative of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ food can actually encourage the development of harmful eating habits.’
A second agreed: “As a former teacher, I thought the parents packed their child’s lunch with the intention of eating it; in any order or amount.”
Meanwhile, a third angry parent commented: “You’re better than me because I’d go to daycare!”
A fourth wrote: ‘As long as my daughter is full enough to concentrate I don’t care which part of her lunch she eats first.
Viewers flocked to the comments to share their thoughts on the lunchbox debate
“It usually consists of fruit and turkey, but I think she could also start with Oreos.”
Other parents, however, were not convinced, arguing, “That’s great until they’re in third grade and still as small as a toddler.” I beg my son to eat his sandwich first, he has to grow.’
Another added: ‘I’m sure the teacher wasn’t trying to be cruel. Maybe you could have talked to the teacher instead of making a passive-aggressive comment about your three-year-old’s lunch?”
Someone else asked: ‘Why are you sending your child to a school you don’t agree with? I also guarantee other kids will tell her the same thing. Are you going to write notes for them too?’
Meanwhile, another said: ‘And why did we have to see this note? What benefit has anyone gained from posting this message online?’
The heated debate comes just after another parent sparked a conversation online after sharing a photo of the vegan lunch box her son received at a birthday party.
British mother Emma Lougar had shared a tweet with X, formerly known as Twitter, showing off a very thoughtful vegan lunch box made for her son at a birthday party.
The contents of the personalized meal were clearly labelled, consisting of a ‘vegan’ chicken burger, mini ‘no eggs’, sweet potato falafel bites and a vegan sausage roll.
She explained that she offered to provide her son’s own meal and was happy that his dietary requirements were met – but not everyone in the comments agreed.