‘My daughter knows how to chew’: Mum who was slammed for sending her six-year-old to school with ‘hazards’ in her lunchbox defends her food choices
- A mum has been slammed online for sending daughter to school with hazard
- Mums spotted the choking hazard in a picture of the six-year-old’s lunchbox
- Grapes are a choking hazard and should be cut in half or quarters for children
A mum has defended herself after being slammed for sending her six-year-old daughter school with ‘choking hazards’ in her lunchbox.
The mum posted a picture of her daughter’s lunchbox on a Facebook group, showing off the individual containers she uses for each food.
But some commenters on the post zeroed in on the unsliced grapes and warned they are an ‘extreme choking hazard’.
‘Please chop those grapes, awesome selection though,’ one woman wrote.
‘You need to chop grapes in half lengthwise due to choking hazard,’ said another.
A mum has been slammed online for sending her six-year-old daughter school with choking hazards in her lunchbox
Another woman said grapes are a leading hazard for children under five.
But the mum defended herself and said her daughter ‘knows how to chew her food’.
‘My daughter is six and has successfully eaten whole grapes since she was four without choking, I didn’t realise my parenting of my own child was everyone else’s concern,’ she hit back.
‘She took this to school and did not choke because she knows how to chew her food.’
She added the little girl doesn’t like them to be cut because it ‘ruins the crunch’.
But other parents doubled down – one woman said she still cuts grapes for her teenagers.
‘It’s not just toddlers that can choke on grapes I have known older kids to as well and not ended well maybe just me but i still slice grapes for my teens,’ one woman said.
‘I still chop them for my 8 and 6-year-old, mainly out of habit but also because they shove a heap in their mouth and run off to play.’
Others defended the mum and agreed she knows her child best and others shouldn’t be dictating how she parents.
Paramedic Nikki from Tiny Heart’s education says anything that can fit through this ring is a hazard. She demonstrated with grapes and said they should always be cut for children – she quarters hers
‘I’m sure, as the child’s mother, she would know if her child was capable of chewing a grape or not. Unbelievable that other mothers would call her out on this,’ one woman said.
‘This never use to be a thing I have 3 kids and was lucky obviously cause we never had a problem but I’m pretty sure an older kids would be fine without them sliced can’t be cutting your kids food into bit size pieces for ever,’ said another.
Recently a former paramedic and mum-of-two pointed out how to minimise choking hazards from food.
The paramedic pictured some common choking hazards
Nikki, who posts under Tiny Hearts Education, revealed she cuts grapes into quarters to reduce the choking hazard.
She grates ‘hard food’ which might be a choking hazard and adds bread crumbs or coconut to the outside of slippery food like avocado and mango.
She said anything that can fit between your thumb and index finger when you make an ‘O’ shape can be considered a choking hazard.
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