Mum’s fury after son was told to not eat gelatin gummies from school lunch box

A frustrated mum has taken to social media after her son was asked to not eat lollies and protein bars that were inside his lunch box.

A Queensland mum is disappointed after her son was told not to eat lollies at school. Picture: TikTok

A frustrated mum has taken to social media after her son was asked to not eat gelatin gummies and protein bars that were inside his lunch box.

In a TikTok video uploaded last week, self-described ‘crunchy’ Gold Coast mum Britt McHutchison shared why she was so disappointed with her son’s school.

The mum was left in disbelief when she asked her son whether he ate all his lunch.

“I was told that ‘I didn’t eat all of my lunch and I still have my lollies and my protein balls in my lunch box because I was told that I wasn’t allowed to eat them,’” she said.

“I said ‘who told you that?’ He proceeds to tell me that a teacher, who is not his teacher in the classroom, was scanning and perusing the kids lunch boxes.

“She then proceeded to single him out and say that you’re not allowed to bring lollies to school. You need to eat your sandwich and nothing else in your lunch box.”

She told The Courier-Mail there is a double standard when it comes to food served in schools and said it is frustrating when teachers make assumptions about the content of lunchboxes.

“There are many healthy alternatives that look or may appear unhealthy, yet they are full of natural nutrients and whole foods,” she said.

The mum said she is surprised the school does offer unhealthy snacks for purchase at the school canteen. Picture: TikTok

“The audacity to tell a child they can’t eat what the teacher assumes are lollies while they give the Freddo Frogs in class on a Friday and serve more sugar-filled snacks in the tuck shop alone than you would ever see in my son’s lunch box.

“The tuckshop that any child can go to, or you can order from, sells popsicles, sugar brownies, party pies, pizza pockets.

“Whether homemade or not, they’re selling them at the tuck shop.

“I’m p***ed off that this teacher thinks that they can tell my son what he can and can’t have at school, as well as telling him to eat his sandwich first or ‘you better eat your sandwich first.’”

Despite her frustration, the mum was grateful she asked her son about his day.

“This is why it’s important to also have conversations with your kids, to check in and ask them about their day,” she said.

“He’s already a really anxious little kid, he gets really anxious about the smallest of things. “He already said to me in the car ‘I don’t know if I want to go to school tomorrow.’

“That my friends, is where the school refusal will start to kick off.

“I’m not going to have them bit-by-bit strip layers off him and dull his sparkle. I’m just not having it. He’s there to learn not to be told what the f**k he can and can’t have in his lunch box.”

Commenters noted that, aside from allergies, some schools can be unnecessarily strict about food for no apparent reason.

“Girl I got told I pack too much for my kids. I feel you from a different perspective,” one commenter wrote.

“This is me today too … my son is so fussy. He just only eats a small select of foods so for his lunch box he gets that. Yes, it’s odd because it’s plain crusty bread but it’s all he will eat,” another commenter wrote.

“I was told off as well. I packed a mini platter with fruit and vegies and bits, said ‘no, do a sandwich.’ My child is autistic and doesn’t eat that,” a third added.

Originally published as Mum’s fury after son was told to not eat gelatin gummies from school lunch box