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I’m (20f) babysitting my niece (4f) for the week while my sister is on a business trip.
My niece misses her mom so to cheer her up, I put a couple treats in her lunch. Her lunch was:
- A turkey and cheese sandwich with cucumbers and avocado. I also drew some cartoon characters on it with edible markers
- Carrot sticks and ranch
- Apple slices
- Cookie
- Fruit snacks
- Brownie
- Juice box
Clearly not the healthiest but also this is a special treat and she has all 5 food groups. I dropped my niece off at 9 and at 10 (snack time) I got a call from the teacher saying I had to drop off a new lunch because my niece’s food was too unhealthy. I told her to give my niece the fruits or vegetables if she has a problem with the treats and she told me she threw away the lunch because it was distracting to the other kids.
I decided to call the office and tell them that I needed to pull my niece out for an appointment at 11 (lunch is at 11:30) and that she’d be back by the end of lunch.
So at 11, I picked her up, we got happy meals, cookies, fruit snacks, and milkshakes. Then at 12 (end of lunch) I dropped her off with her happy meal box and her almost finished milkshake.
Teacher saw this and was fuming. I guess she told my sister what happened because shortly after, I got a call from my sister saying I was being petty and should’ve just dropped off a new sandwich.
Am I A Jerk for pulling my niece out and filling her up on sugar because her teacher threw away her lunch?
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