A mom said a teacher’s aide refused to unwrap her 5-year-old son’s snack cake because it was ‘unhealthy.’ She’s using the viral moment to denounce diet culture.
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Ashlee Griffiths said her son came home from school crying because he couldn’t eat the cake she packed for him.
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The five-year-old said the teacher’s aide refused to open it because it was “unhealthy.”
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Griffiths complained to the school, and wanted to inspire dialogue about using neutral language around food.
An Australian mom took to TikTok followers for advice after she said a teacher’s aide at her five-year-old son’s school refused to help him open a snack cake she’d packed in his lunchbox because it was “unhealthy.”
Ashlee Griffiths, a comedic