Today was the last day of school for my daughter. As is customary, each child brings a dish for a final breakfast together as a whole class.

I decided last night to treat my daughter and baked her favourite bread, a white loaf with spices, raisins and cranberries in. It’s not totally healthy but hey it’s the last day of school.

So I was shocked when she came home with a near full loaf of bread. Was there something wrong with the bread? Did it taste OK? I asked.

Yeah the bread was great but the other children took the bought white bread.

You mean they wouldn’t eat this because it’s not white? (the bread takes on a dark brown colour due to fruit and sugars released, which brown during baking)

Yes, she replied.

There is so much fundamentally wrong with this, that it begs the question, what are these children’s parents teaching them. The fact that a child will not eat bread based on it’s colour or more to the fact it will not try a food because he/she associates it’s colour with being healthy and therefore not tasting good, is so crazy it’s frightening.

If you want to know why your child is fat, start by looking to yourself before blaming others. As a parent you are responsible for teaching your child to eat and eat the right things. Of course there should be treats and fun, but to not eat a spiced fruit bread because it’s brown and might be healthy is far out, it actually worries me.

-B)