When you send your little one off to school with a packed lunch, you're safe in the knowledge that you're happy with what your child is eating as you've hand-picked and prepared it yourself. That's why one mum was left baffled when her son's school left a "passive-aggressive" note on his empty Pringles cup, asking her to make healthier choices when it came to his packed lunches.
The mum said that she wished the school had contacted her directly, rather than writing the note on her son's property - but the teacher labelled her as "passive-aggressive" for repeatedly sending her son in with "unhealthy food."
Megan PV, who posts on TikTok as @peaveymegan, said that her son's school had said that they "need to make healthier choices with the food being sent to school", and she was left less than impressed.
She admitted that she'd deleted the original video as she didn't want her son to be "negatively affected at his school", but she said now she regrets deleting it and proceeded to explain why.
In the original video, the mum fumed that her three-year-old had been "snack-shamed" and as a result, so had she.
In the new video, Megan explained she dropped her son off and shared with a teacher how she was "disappointed" at the way the situation had been dealt with, explaining she said she wishes they'd "reached out directly", rather than leaving the note on the Pringles cup.
She said it was "kind of passive-aggressive to write it on his empty Pringles cup", and the teacher responded by saying it was passive-aggressive of her to keep sending Pringles when the school had sent letters around asking for healthier foods to be put in packed lunches.
Megan said she didn't consider Pringles to be super unhealthy, so thought the messages were "not applicable" to her.
She said: "So I'd of course pack Pringles, with a granola bar, yoghurt, fruit, all that kind of stuff."
Megan then went on to explain that she'd had no apology, or no responsibility taken by the nursery, but at the end of the conversation, the teacher said that there was "no longer a part-time spot" available for her son so he would have to stop attending.
She said it was "uncalled for" and "disrespectful" and she felt it was "unsettling", so, therefore, removed her son from the nursery and said he won't be going back.
In the comments, people were furious about it, with mums agreeing that parents can send whatever food they like with their kids.
One wrote: "Unless the school is buying and providing all the food then you can send whatever foods that you do. That's crazy."
"I consider Pringles to be a healthier chip option also. If they don't want chips then say no chips", someone fumed.
An angry parent raged: "I probably would've sent a Snickers bar the next day. That's just me."
Someone else pointed out that just because something contains fruit, doesn't necessarily mean it's healthy, writing: "Okay sorry but a TON of granola bars have more sugar than a thing of pringles…what is their basis?"
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