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So people get mad bcs the school is “telling you what to pack for your kid” but also get mad bcs kids can’t bring in junk food on birthdays and holidays to share with other students? Your choices are important but others’ are not?
I know it’s a waste of breath but I love that there is less food in schools. Please tell me why a 5 year old needs candy at 9AM. If you think that doesn’t make it difficult for them to focus, you’re kidding yourself.
people don't get mad because the "school is telling you what to pack for your kid"....they get mad when hypocrisy rears it's ugly head (and it does) when the teachers or school-yard monitors hand it out discriminately whenever and to whom ever they want...
The teachers should be setting the example don't you think???
When I went to school, of course there was absolutely no smoking aloud.....but it was ok for the staff to fill the staff room with smoke.
There should be no policy at all....unless it's coming from the schools own kitchen.
Parents should be able to pack whatever they want or can for their child to eat.
With the exception of peanuts, I pretty much agree. These days it's hard because parents are now sent a list of acceptable and unacceptable foods for their child's lunch/snack. It's hard. I can imagine it's even more challenging for parents with limited food resources. For example my child's school wouldn't allow them to bring fresh fruit. Because it's "messy". Any fruit they brought had to be as a pre-packaged item. They couldn't eat fruit bars because those are considered more similar to candy. They couldn't bring a pack of chips to eat, either. They also couldn't bring any products with nuts in them. Parents wrack their brains trying to think of what they should pack because they also have to work around their child's food preferences, as well.
With the exception of peanuts, I pretty much agree. These days it's hard because parents are now sent a list of acceptable and unacceptable foods for their child's lunch/snack. It's hard. I can imagine it's even more challenging for parents with limited food resources. For example my child's school wouldn't allow them to bring fresh fruit. Because it's "messy". Any fruit they brought had to be as a pre-packaged item. They couldn't eat fruit bars because those are considered more similar to candy. They couldn't bring a pack of chips to eat, either. They also couldn't bring any products with nuts in them. Parents wrack their brains trying to think of what they should pack because they also have to work around their child's food preferences, as well.
Wow! Just wow!
It's policies like these why I refuse to donate even a penny to my local school districts. My money will just go to self-righteous administrators and teachers, who will make even more "healthy food"* policies "for the good of the children". My landlord's property taxes are more than enough. If not, let them all go bankrupt, for all I care!
* It's more proper to say "healthful food", but the teachers were so busy confiscating bad lunches, they forgot to teach that.
Lol, wow, all schools like this? I could not imagine my reaction if I found out a teacher stole my kid's food, and then try to provide some garbage to make up for the theft.
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none of your business.
It is a person's business when it comes to how their taxes are spent.
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My landlord's property taxes are more than enough. If not, let them all go bankrupt, for all I care!
