Student is shamed by her teachers... for having too much food

Parenting sites have had many stories to tell, especially when it comes to children's lunch boxes. 

Between getting up at all hours so your little ones are filled with snacks and treats to get through the day, and creating that elusive sandwich it's a full time job to impress. 

We curate our fruits and veggies into faces and shapes, so their food is aesthetically pleasing enough to eat, so they won't be running to the shop for chocolate. 

But many teens do so anyhow, they have their own pocket money, meaning confectionery on the way to school is a number one priority. 

However, one mum, who has taken to MumsNet to speak out against her daughter's school has revealed that her daughter only engages with healthy eating and is very conscious of the foods she consumes. 

And while we applaud her teenager for being so health conscious at such a young age, apparently we're out of sync with her school.

The school checks packed lunches during registration, but the teen who is vegan was shamed by her teacher for having too much food in her lunchbox. 

But what was in her lunch box exactly? A peanut butter sandwich with brown bread, a small banana, strawberries, a few grapes, a handful of raisins and dried coconut flakes and a few slices of avocado. 

Bearing in mind that the school canteen serves sausages, mash, cake and doughnuts during lunch hour, the mum in question is angry that this teacher took the time to tell her teenage daughter that she is eating too much.

"We got a letter before half term to say there will be lunch checks to promote healthy eating," declared the mum.

"[My daughter] is nowhere near overweight and even if she was, surely it's not up to the form tutor to be telling her she has too much lunch in front of the class."

We're completely perplexed, and clearly we're not the only ones as many users were quick to share their shock at the teacher's insistence that there was too much food at hand when questioned by Mum. 

"The form tutor flagged up avocado for fat and the quantity of lunch as too much," Mum confirmed.

One user commented: "That sounds insane. That sort of behaviour is more likely to do harm than good, isn't it? I would definitely complain. Your daughter is old enough to self-regulate her food intake."

While another added: "That seriously oversteps the mark. I'd be sending in a note telling them to mind their own business. Surely at secondary there are better things for the teachers to concern themselves with. Plus, any teacher saying avocado is unhealthy is not fit to dispense nutritional advice."

Have we just went a step too far?