SA Unimpressed with Mom’s Choice of Food for Kids’ School Lunch in Viral TikTok
- South Africans were disappointed after watching one mom’s morning routine and saw what she packed for her kids’ lunch
- The woman is known for her entertaining morning videos and her versatile lunchbox meals on TikTok
- One particular video upset a number of people online, who expressed their opinions in a thread of 1.2K comments
A famous South African woman on TikTok built her brand on authentic living with her children.
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The lady from Qonce in the Eastern Cape is best known for her cooking and the versatile meals she makes for her kids. In a recent video, the mom shared her morning routine.
She started by making lunch for her three children to take to school. That was the part that stood out for the 906.7K people who viewed the video.
SA unimpressed with kids’ school lunch by mom
On Monday morning, the mother of three sliced up some polony and fried it in a pan for a few minutes. She then placed the cold meat on slices of bread and transferred the sandwiches into four lunchboxes for herself and the kids.
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People were outraged that the bread was not sliced. South Africans were also unimpressed by the fried polony.
Many people suggested that the mom should try spreading sauce or butter on the bread before adding the polony, but she assured people that her kids loved their bread the way she made it.
She captioned her now-viral post:
“Happy Monday. To those I used to judge when frying polony, I want to say sorry.”
Watch the TikTok video below:
What does an ideal kids' lunchbox look like?
A child’s lunchbox should contain at least one fruit and two vegetables. According to The Nutrition Source, it is recommended to fill the lunchbox with at least one food item from each of the five food groups.
Snacks do not have to be too fatty or sweet, as they are meant to be small:
“An easy rule of thumb for a satisfying snack is to pair a protein-rich food with a carb-rich food. Including a healthy fat will quiet hunger pangs even more. Depending on the child’s age and activity level, they may need one or two snacks a day.”
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SA unimpressed with mom’s school lunchbox for her kids
Social media users shared their concerns about their children’s lunch in a thread of comments:
@Nok_2la🤫🦋 said:
“Yho, so much polony. I swear, this is the type of lunchbox that made me hate polony to this day.”
@kagishothato commented:
“Butter? Mayo? Cheese?”
@Mcay was disappointed:
“Yho, no efforts at all, just polony and oil.”
@Bee🐝♎ shared:
“Oh, I personally love this video, lunches now on social media made me feel I was not doing enough for my kids' lunch boxes, it’s mostly butter, polony cheese, and fruits. While other mommies even have notes on the side, which I find cute, but I don’t have time and resources for the whole show. With this, I relate. Thank you, Mama.”
@ntombiaggrineth7 pointed out:
“This video upset half of the nation.”
@Kasonde Chisulo was stunned:
“Who fries polony?”
@Hector Nkosi highlighted:
“When they grow up, they will hate polony.”
@chantyboo commented:
“Yho, no. What a depressing lunch. There’s no butter, and I know that fried polony isn’t nice, it becomes so soft.”
@Phiwosethu_H explained:
“This is the lunchbox that traumatised me in such a way that I don't even look at polony in the shop.”
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