Some lessons aren’t just for kids—sometimes, adults need to be taught right from wrong too. That’s what happened when my daughter’s classmate stole her lunchbox, and the school tried to excuse it.
My six-year-old daughter treasured the bento box her aunt had given her—until Audrey, a classmate, decided she wanted it. When my daughter asked for it back, Audrey refused. Worse? The teacher dismissed it, saying, “It’s just a lunchbox.”
I wasn’t having it.
The next day, I stormed into the school and confronted the teacher and principal. They brought Audrey in, still holding my daughter’s bento box.
“Prove it’s yours,” I said.
Audrey opened it—and there was my daughter’s name, written inside.
But instead of doing the right thing, the teacher asked if Audrey could keep it “just for the day.”
Absolutely not.
I gave them five minutes to find another container. When they hesitated, I took matters into my own hands—dumping Audrey’s lunch into the trash and reclaiming what was ours.
Some people said I was too harsh. But why should my daughter lose something she loved just because a spoiled child decided to take it? Audrey’s family could afford their own bento box. This wasn’t about need—it was about entitlement.
Now, my daughter is changing schools. And I’d do it all over again.
