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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
Andrew Brookes

Mum told to stop Pringles in her son's packed lunch as they 'make classmates jealous'

A mum was "taken aback" after being asked her to stop putting Pringles in her son's packed lunch because it was making another child "jealous". The mum claimed another parent had sent her a message about the seven-year-old's snack - leaving her unsure how to respond.

The audacious approach left other parents stunned, after the anonymous mum sought advice about the situation on social media. She took to popular parenting website Mumsnet, where she questioned whether she was "being unreasonable".

In the post, she wrote: "This feels like an odd question but I wanted to ask here in case I am missing something. We have a few tubes of Pringles left over from Christmas and I've been putting a few in a Tupperware for my son's packed lunch. He's 7.

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