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This child is quite a hyper little fella. Just a couple of skittles DOES set him off (in a big way),
and since it does I spoke with the teacher and the classroom assistants about it.
If you had an issue like this where you specifically made a request would you then waffles on yourself
and say "aw, its fine the child acts like a crazy person.. I'll just go with the flow and be submissive?"
3 skittles? That's less than a teaspoon of sugar. Pretty harmless. More sugar than that in a juicebox or a piece of fruit.
Kids are going to be exposed to candy and junk foods all their lives. You have a lot of influence until the child leaves home. Then the child will make his/her own choices. And they won't always be the best choices either. No matter how hard you try to teach them. It's not likely your child will be happy taking carrot sticks to the movies with his friends. Maybe it's better to concentrate on moderation, not deprivation.
So I take it none of you had candy as young children? And those that did, you're all morbidly obese with psychological and/or behavioral problems as a direct result because of that refined sugar demon?
This child is quite a hyper little fella. Just a couple of skittles DOES set him off (in a big way), and since it does I spoke with the teacher and the classroom assistants about it.
If you had an issue like this where you specifically made a request would you then waffles on yourself
and say "aw, its fine the child acts like a crazy person.. I'll just go with the flow and be submissive?"
If a parent made a specific request like this I would abide with it.
The parent should tell their child that they requested no candy so that the child doesn't think that the teacher is being mean not to let them have that as a treat. However, I would not take those small candy treats away from all of the other children.
I'm with the OP on this one - not re the candy, per se - but a reward and ticket system for kids writing letters etc? For pre k? I don't get that, I think it sets a terrible precedent.
Little kids don't need a material reward every time they do something well. And what about the kids that aren't developmentally able to write well - they don't have as many tickets as the other kids? Pre k shouldn't be a competition, that should be encouraged with kind words and teaching, not candy and trinkets. We don't get a material reward in life every time we do something well, doing something well should be satisfying in its own right.
I absolutely get why a parent wouldn't care for this sort of reward system to be routine.
I personally find the OP's attitude to be absolutely ridiculous. A small candy treat every two or three weeks isn't paving the way to obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Let's get real here. Children respond to rewards (as do all humans), so rewarding them for making progress in school seems natural. Sure, we shouldn't award older kids (such as high school students) for minor things like writing neatly, but at such a young age, rewards are pretty much the only way to get children to strive to do their best.
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