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Me and my wife have been working on a little one for some time now.. And if and when it happen's I was thinking about some of the food they give kid's in our school's. I was also reading that alot of kids these days are over weight because of some of the different types of food they are eating.. I know one day when my little one comes along I would like him/her to eat healthy... I was also thinking If children are given the choice between health snacks or junk food, of course they will pick the junk food. Whats everyones take on this??
I don't think schools should sell or serve junk food, but I also don't think they have the right to tell parents what foods their children can bring into the school.
People can worry about making sure their kids eat granola and apples....but one day those same kids are going to go to college and live on pizza and beer.
People can worry about making sure their kids eat granola and apples....but one day those same kids are going to go to college and live on pizza and beer.
Yes you are right.. I guess thats something I wasnt even thinking about..
It astonishes me how easily people will give up their rights. I don't need or want the government teaching my future children what to eat. That's my job.
People can worry about making sure their kids eat granola and apples....but one day those same kids are going to go to college and live on pizza and beer.
I never attended a school that had a cafeteria until 6th grade. That school had really GOOD food (no chicken nuggets, mystery meat, etc.) and I put 15# on because all the kids would hand over the "awful food".
Children can be overweight with healthy foods. I think that childhood obesity is as much a function of INACTIVITY than diet. Too much TV, too much computer, too many "programmed sports" activity and too little informal play.
You can control what your children eat if you pack them a healthy brown bag lunch and don't give them money to buy the yuck that a lot of schools sell. If they have the money, most will eat chili/cheese fries every day.
People can worry about making sure their kids eat granola and apples....but one day those same kids are going to go to college and live on pizza and beer.
I'm with you on that one. Hey, pizza has cheese and tomatoes.
I found the elementary schools not too bad. Middle school was a nightmare: chicken wings, curly fries, vending garbage. Food at the high school was a lot better. There was a choice of hot foods, lunch salads with protein, sub's with vegetable matter, fresh fruit always available. The teenager still complained when they removed vending. Tough.
They may not care, but kids are growing a body in which they'll live for the rest of their life.
It astonishes me how easily people will give up their rights. I don't need or want the government teaching my future children what to eat. That's my job.
I don't see it that way, and trust me, I'm anti big government in just about everything. I see the schools having a responsibility to serve kids healthy, nutritious food, if they're serving anything at all.
Now, I send my kids to school with lunch because I don't trust the school to be as concerned about my kids' health as I am. But I think that's lame. Schools are there for kids, to help them learn and grow, and if they're going to feed any of them in school, they should at least serve food that is helpful to growing bodies. The junk that is passed off as "kid food" is really revolting. There is a whole lot of data coming out correlating behavior and learning with diet. Junk food is a stupid idea...literally.
A few years ago our elementary schools banned sugary treats for bday and holiday parties. Yes it caused a lot of room mom's headaches but we all adjusted and guess what the kids ate the healthy treats too.
At our Jr. & Sr. high schools they turn off all vending machines during school hours. They removed soda pop machines a couple of years ago replacing them with juice, Gatorade, water and milk. They put a salad bar in the lunch room and did away with fried foods. Now french fries are baked and still the highest seller in the ala cart line, with cheese of course.
I think we as parents are to teach our kids about healthy choices but the schools need to have balanced choices to choose from. A lot of child obesity is not only from poor choices and lack of exercise but portion control.
I disagree with whomever said parents should be able to send in their student's lunchs whatever they want to. If the school's policy is no pop during school hours then bringing it from home is still breaking the policy.
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I was also reading that alot of kids these days are over weight because of some of the different types of food they are eating.. I know one day when my little one comes along I would like him/her to eat healthy...
I was also thinking If children are given the choice between health snacks or junk food, of course they will pick the junk food.
Whats everyones take on this??
