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Pretty relevant to your subject drift of right and wrong however. I can't take all the credit. It was a true team effort.
We're in the midst of talking about a dad doing "wrong" by his choice in lunch offering....yet I'm coming out of left field by discussing how wrong and right pertain to the situation. Please forgive my folly.
My daughter's classmate brought a package of cookies to school for snack a couple of years ago and the teacher took them away and gave the child a package of goldfish crackers instead. This is just an example of schools making decisions for parents while having zero idea about nutrition themselves. If cookies are not acceptable then why would goldfish be allowed? They are both junk.
We're in the midst of talking about a dad doing "wrong" by his choice in lunch offering....yet I'm coming out of left field by discussing how wrong and right pertain to the situation. Please forgive my folly.
We're in the midst of talking about a dad doing "wrong" by his choice in lunch offering....yet I'm coming out of left field by discussing how wrong and right pertain to the situation. Please forgive my folly.
Personally, I'd be concerned because my kids couldn't brush their teeth afterwards (cavities you know). And, four bars is just too much sugar. HOWEVER, now that I see it was just four pieces or miniature bars, I'd have no problem with this lunch. The dad has every right to be irked, but he needs to remember this was a substitute teacher and not the norm.
We're in the midst of talking about a dad doing "wrong" by his choice in lunch offering....yet I'm coming out of left field by discussing how wrong and right pertain to the situation. Please forgive my folly.
Personally, I'd be concerned because my kids couldn't brush their teeth afterwards (cavities you know). And, four bars is just too much sugar. HOWEVER, now that I see it was just four pieces or miniature bars, I'd have no problem with this lunch. The dad has every right to be irked, but he needs to remember this was a substitute teacher and not the norm.
So 500-600 calories of candy and junk food to 150 calories of food sounds like a good lunch to you
Hey. French kids tend to eat pretty healthy most of the time. They will also eat chocolate sandwiches sometimes - a full chocolate bar between slices of bread. Sometimes the SCHOOL gives them this snack.
Personally I'm more concerned with the endless amount of candy, cupcakes, "holiday treats" etc the school itself gives out in the classrooms. I have no say in that. I can tell the teacher to make my kid sit out and not eat the food coloring candy the other children are having, but then my kid is singled out. So a teacher can give out candy, but if a parent does it, it's irresponsible?
So 500-600 calories of candy and junk food to 150 calories of food sounds like a good lunch to you
Four marshmallows are the equivalent of 100 calories. One Hershey's fun size bar is 67 calories. Her dad said she ate one small piece of chocolate and 4 marshmallows so the junk calories are 167.
I blame Pinterest. I'm ready to call CPS on myself after an hour on there looking at school lunch ideas.
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I'm just seriously puzzled as to why so many are thinking this lunch is so terrible. Could it be better? of course. But is it really as bad as some are making it out to be? I don't even think it's all that out of the ordinary.
Four marshmallows are the equivalent of 100 calories. One Hershey's fun size bar is 67 calories. Her dad said she ate one small piece of chocolate and 4 marshmallows so the junk calories are 167.
People seem to also have problems with the ham, cheese and the pickle which is weird considering these are pretty common lunch items.
Yup.
4*67 would be 268, many fun-sized candy bars are more caloric than a Hershey's bar is which is why I called it 300. Another 100-200 calories for the Ritz crackers. I'm glad the math is agreeable to you.
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