She Wrote A Note To Her 3-Year-Old Daughter’s Teacher After They Tried To Control How Her Child Ate And Said There Were “Good” And “Bad” Foods
Most teachers are hard-working, amazing people who dedicate their lives to helping kids grow.
However, occasionally, you come across a teacher who struggles to mind their own business and takes it upon themselves to act like your child’s parent.
One woman recently shared a story of how she had to write a note to her young daughter’s teacher, who tried controlling the way she ate and which foods she ate during her lunchtime.
Caroline (@pezzi.shop) is a mom, content creator, and business owner who sells her own brand of on-the-go food supplies like utensils and mess-proof bags for kids under the name Pezzi.
Recently, Caroline had to find strength from other moms and online childhood nutrition creators after discovering her three-year-old daughter, Evelyn, had an uncomfortable moment with her teacher at school.
“My three-year-old came home from school yesterday, telling me that her teacher told her that she had to eat all of her ‘good’ foods before she ate her ‘bad’ foods,” wrote Caroline in the caption of her viral video.
“She couldn’t have her cookie before eating her sandwich and cucumbers. In this moment, I felt a little frustrated by the antiquated instruction from the teacher.”
Caroline mentions that she then told her daughter there is no such thing as good and bad food; that food is just food. She says she did not have this kind of mindset as a kid, as this more positive ideology toward food is fairly new.
However, Caroline then talks about all the accessible and helpful parenting and nutrition accounts she’s come across that have given her a new, more positive mindset about food to pass along to her children.
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“Because of the information that I have from so many great accounts created by moms and experts in the field of childhood and nutrition, I am armed with better responses, knowledge, and practices for my kids,” wrote Caroline.
“At three years old, someone has told her that foods are good or bad. I am so proud that she had sensed something was off.”
Caroline and her husband then decided it was best to write a note to Evelyn’s teacher to let her know that they would not tolerate that kind of talk about food being preached to her daughter.
“Evelyn has our permission to eat lunch in any order she chooses,” wrote Caroline and her husband, Joey, in a note to the teacher.
“None of her foods are ‘good’ or bad.’ They are just food!”
Caroline ends her video’s caption by thanking the parenting creators who have helped her raise her daughter to have a good relationship with food and fight against those who still insist on feeding kids in old-fashioned ways.
If you’re a parent, how would you feel if your child’s teacher tried telling them how to eat?
@pezzi.shop Here’s the story: My three-year-old came home from school yesterday, telling me that her teacher told her that she had to eat all of her “good” foods before she ate her “bad” foods. She couldn’t have her cookie before eating her sandwich and cucumbers. In this moment, I felt a little frustrated by the antiquated instruction from the teacher, but I responded saying, “Well that’s silly. There are no good foods or bad foods. Food is just food!“ I will say, this was not my internal dialogue growing up, but because of the information that I have from so many great accounts created by moms and experts, in the field of childhood and nutrition, I am armed with better responses, knowledge and practices for my kids. Three years old. At three years old someone has told her that foods are good or bad. I am so proud that she had sensed something was off – to know that was not right enough to tell me about it. We talk about it all the time at home… If you only eat carrots or broccoli your body won’t have protein it needs to grow strong muscles. If you only eat chicken, your body won’t have enough energy to do things like run and play all day long. We need little bits of everything to make sure that we are able to learn and play and grow all day long. So to the accounts that make sure we have the words, knowledge and confidence to write the note and practice it at home, I thank you, thank you, thank you. It has changed our family for the better. What you do and what you share is so important to young families. #kidsnutrition #kidseatincolor #solidstarts #kidfood #babyledweaning toddlers moms babies family @Jennifer Anderson, MSPH RD @Feeding Littles @Kacie Barnes, MCN, RDN @Food Science Babe
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