Wow, that was a totally over-the-top response to a mom making cute food for her kid! The child is four; cute food is simply cute food. As for getting made fun of in school, well, doesn't every kid get made fun of? Either other kids will think the bento boxes are the neatest thing ever, but make fun of him for his shoelaces, or they'll make fun of his bento boxes and Mom will be stuck with supplying lunch money for the next ever. In any case, John Rosemond has a point about psychologizing childhood to the point that no activity can be undertaken for fear of permanently skewing your kid's head.