29/04/2010

Nursery Confiscate Toddler's Sandwich

Nursery staff have confiscated a child's cheese sandwich after they said it broke their healthy eating rules.

Healthy eating is a priority for any parent and there are some things we know we'd never feed our children.....But is a cheese sandwich so bad?

When little Jack Ormisher opened his packed lunch, he was delighted to find inside a cheese sandwich his mummy had made for him.

But before he could tuck into the meal, staff at the nursery he attended snatched it away - leaving him in tears.

Apparently, the sandwich broke their 'healthy eating' rules. Instead, the two-year-old was offered fruit and vegetables.

The two-year-old burst into tears and when his father picked him up from the Westfield Children's Centre, in south Wigan, staff told him Jack's sandwiches in future should include lettuce or tomato – so they could be classed as a 'snack' rather than 'lunch'.

Jack's mother, Dorothy Gallear, said: "It is absolutely pathetic. I don't understand how putting a piece of lettuce on that sandwich would have turned it into a snack."

The 32-year-old mother of two has now moved Jack to a different nursery.

"When I told people at his new nursery what had happened some laughed with shock – but others were horrified," she added.

"A place is still available at Westfield should the parents re-consider," said nursery manager Aukje Clegg.

(LB/BMcc)

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