US high school tells parents to stop bringing forgotten lunch and homework

A US high school has been criticised online after reminding parents they are prohibited from dropping in forgotten lunches and homework to their children.

Catholic High School for Boys in Little Rock, Arkansas, has a decade-old rule which forbids parents from picking up the slack of their forgetful sons, US Today reported.  

School principal Steve Straessle believes the rule teaches students the importance of “soft failures”.

"Soft failures are learning experiences that are the foundation of becoming an adult,” Mr Straessle said.

“Soft failures have never ruined a life. The lack of soft failures has ruined many lives,” he added.

The policy was recently shared to the school’s Facebook page, and received a slew of negative comments from social media users.

Many say the school’s tough-love policy is ‘mistreatment’, a claim which Mr Straessle quickly dismissed.  

“It is not cruel or unforgiving. It is a lesson not found in textbooks, but just as vital as calculus or English composition,” the principal said.

Mr Straessle reported the school had not received a single complaint from the students’ parents about the rule.