Ok, another how upset would you be question

[iamgrace]

Yeah that's bullshit.

[wannabe]

I don't know that I would eat broccoli spaghetti either.

[lilafowler]

Oh hell no.

FUCK THAT SHIT

[sarahbear]

Don't deny my kid food. Don't decide for me if my child is allowed dessert. I'd discuss with them.

[curtains]

I wouldn't be upset. If my kid doesn't eat dinner she doesn't get dessert. Even if it is gross those are the breaks.

Mean mom over here.

[elleblue]

Unless I had previously given instructions that no treats will be given unless my child eats his/her lunch, not at all okay.

[lilafowler]

Oct 8, 2015 17:57:51 GMT -5 curtains said:

I wouldn't be upset. If my kid doesn't eat dinner she doesn't get dessert. Even if it is gross those are the breaks.

Mean mom over here.

That's not the point. The teacher doesn't get to make those kind of decisions. That's a parent's call.

[thatgirl2478]

I'd be upset

[jinkies]

I have pretty low standards, but I still wouldn't eat broccoli spaghetti.

Team cupcakes for everyone.

[curtains]

Oct 8, 2015 17:59:22 GMT -5 @jezebel said:

Oct 8, 2015 17:57:51 GMT -5 curtains said:

I wouldn't be upset. If my kid doesn't eat dinner she doesn't get dessert. Even if it is gross those are the breaks.

Mean mom over here.

Not the same.

True. But I still wouldn't burn it down over this. It's a cupcake not the end of the world.

Disclaimer my kid is 15 and it's been over a decade since I had a 3/4. I might have felt differently then. But now I just tell my kid to suck it up and follow the rules.

[whiskeyandwine]

Oct 8, 2015 17:57:51 GMT -5 curtains said:

I wouldn't be upset. If my kid doesn't eat dinner she doesn't get dessert. Even if it is gross those are the breaks.

Mean mom over here.

Nope, not at all the same.

[themysteriouswife]

Oct 8, 2015 18:02:39 GMT -5 curtains said:

Oct 8, 2015 17:59:22 GMT -5 @jezebel said:

Not the same.

True. But I still wouldn't burn it down over this. It's a cupcake not the end of the world.

Disclaimer my kid is 15 and it's been over a decade since I had a 3/4. I might have felt differently then. But now I just tell my kid to suck it up and follow the rules.

Yeah. 3/4 is not capable of sucking it up.

[mariafromnj]

Broccoli Spaghetti? No No No! Why would they give that to kids?
So they kid didn't eat lunch because it is gross and is probably hungry so they deny them a cupcake... That is so wrong.

[sallywalker]

I would be upset. However, I would make certain that's what happened. That sounds like just the thing that T would make up.

[curtains]

Oct 8, 2015 18:05:23 GMT -5 themysteriouswife said:

Oct 8, 2015 18:02:39 GMT -5 curtains said:

True. But I still wouldn't burn it down over this. It's a cupcake not the end of the world.

Disclaimer my kid is 15 and it's been over a decade since I had a 3/4. LI might have felt differently then. But now I just tell my kid to suck it up and follow the rules.

Yeah. 3/4 is not capable of sucking it up.

True. I guess I am out of touch with that age group.

[pittsmcgee]

So do they just throw streamed broccoli together with plain spaghetti???

Also, I would be pissed. And my kid is 12.

[themysteriouswife]

I hope no other child got a cupcake then

[8675309]

"Here are all your cupcakes back, Johnny. We couldn't celebrate your birthday because we insist on feeding vomit lunch to the rest of the class and since they refused to eat it.....well, THEMS-THE-BREAKS!"

[ECB]

Yeah, that's not their call.

[Deleted]

Broccoli spaghetti?
Just no.

[cookies]

Is it like spaghetti with Alfredo sauce and broccoli? I'd eat that.

But the no cupcake thing is total bullshit.

[smock]

Hey, I make a delicious broccoli spaghetti with olive oil, garlic, lemon, and a ton of parm. There's nothing crazy about broccoli pasta, people! (unless it's "noodles" made from broccoli because that's BULLSHIT.)

[snipsnsnails]

I am breezy about a ton of things, but I try my hardest to never, ever make food a punitive experience.

I would be upset.

[curtains]

If she lets your daughter not have to eat lunch and still get a cupcake don't you think everytime there is a birthday party with treats no one will eat lunch?

That is a tough precedent to set. Then we will have posts here how no one wants birthday parties allowed at school because then their kid won't eat lunch on those days.

I am not a teacher but I feel bad they have to make these decisions based off of one kid who won't eat lunch. If no one eats broccoli spaghetti but Ethan than I guess there are a lot of cupcakes left over.

I don't know the answer but I can only assume the teacher did the best she/he could in the situation. Sometimes we don't have to be thrilled by every decision they make but at least give a little leeway that they are trying to do the right thing and be consistent. Sometimes our kid has to miss out on something small so as not to create a problem where there doesn't need to be one.

[sonrisa]

My kid might eat spaghetti with broccoli on top and I still say not okay. (I've bought edamame spaghetti before than that was a disaster. Texture is all wrong. Broccoli spaghetti sounds worse.)

If they want to enforce healthy eating, don't let people bring cupcakes. Don't punish little kids with food/denial of food.

[mom2twoboys]

That's messed up. I wouldn't eat it either.

[shanwalk]

Super pissed. Would be having a convo with the director, pissed.

[irishbride2]

People who jump to talking to the director upset me more than what the teacher did.

Definitely ask the teacher first, then decide what to do from there.

[nightandday]

I'm a teacher and I'd never deny my 4th graders a birthday cupcake, never mind a 4 year old! The teacher should have at the very least sent it home, but even that is bullshit. "Here honey, leave this delicious cupcake on your desk in a ziploc baggie and wait a few hours to eat it. Just sit back and watch your friends enjoy these treats. Don't forget to say happy birthday to little La-a!"

[atlas]

Oct 8, 2015 18:31:41 GMT -5 curtains said:

If she lets your daughter not have to eat lunch and still get a cupcake don't you think everytime there is a birthday party with treats no one will eat lunch?

That is a tough precedent to set. Then we will have posts here how no one wants birthday parties allowed at school because then their kid won't eat lunch on those days.

I am not a teacher but I feel bad they have to make these decisions based off of one kid who won't eat lunch. If no one eats broccoli spaghetti but Ethan than I guess there are a lot of cupcakes left over.

I don't know the answer but I can only assume the teacher did the best she/he could in the situation. Sometimes we don't have to be thrilled by every decision they make but at least give a little leeway that they are trying to do the right thing and be consistent. Sometimes our kid has to miss out on something small so as not to create a problem where there doesn't need to be one.

^o)

Teachers do not get to make the call to have one kid (or a few kids) left out of something like birthday cupcakes.

I'm going to repeat that they are 3 & 4. Everyone gets something or no one does.