Halloween Candy

[Anonymous]

Our preschool has a no candy policy everyday, not just after Halloween. I am totally fine with it, and actually prefer it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm actually the preschool teacher who sent this email I just wanted to get parent's perspective without mentioning I'm the teacher at first. I had one parent get really upset with me because her reasoning was well I'm the parent I should be able to decide what my own child can and can't eat as long as it's not due to allergy issues. I do understand her point but at the same time all of the sugar from the candy causes the kids to become very hyper and we are the ones who have to deal with the after math not the parents since we are with them immediately after lunch.

Yeah no this doesn't hold up. There's no difference in sugar content between a single fun-size Kit Kat and a pack of fruit snacks, which are very commonly packed in preschool lunches. I don't think you have a leg to stand on here if your rationale is 'sugar high', OP.

[Anonymous]

I got that email - I was a little annoyed but moved on in my next breath.

[Anonymous]

So I'm totally the jerk that has been sending candy with my prek kid this week. Sorry! If they asked me to stop, I would. No issues really.

I occasionally put a small treat in his lunch. Since we have SO MANY at home right now, I have been putting one in. If it was causing problems with other kids I'd totally stop. And no, I'd never be mean to you about it.

[Anonymous]

This is normal. Get used to it.

If you are super pro candy maybe ask the teacher if you can provide a treat for the whole class one day.

[Anonymous]

Normal. Teachers at every pre-k and elementary up to ~ grade 4 requested this for both of my kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm actually the preschool teacher who sent this email I just wanted to get parent's perspective without mentioning I'm the teacher at first. I had one parent get really upset with me because her reasoning was well I'm the parent I should be able to decide what my own child can and can't eat as long as it's not due to allergy issues. I do understand her point but at the same time all of the sugar from the candy causes the kids to become very hyper and we are the ones who have to deal with the after math not the parents since we are with them immediately after lunch.

Yeah no this doesn't hold up. There's no difference in sugar content between a single fun-size Kit Kat and a pack of fruit snacks, which are very commonly packed in preschool lunches. I don't think you have a leg to stand on here if your rationale is 'sugar high', OP.

I thought the sugar /hyperactivity link was a myth and has never been demonstrated in scientific studies?

[Anonymous]

Thrilled, I would have been thrilled!

My kid traded all his candy, save for 5 pieces, for a new bike (which he was going to be getting anyway but he didn't have to know that now, did he?).

[Anonymous]

Candy is bad. Too much sugar. But all the “healthy” cereal bars, jelly on sandwiches and all the other sugar hidden in health kid goods is just fine.

[Anonymous]

Op you sound ignorant. The sugar/hyper is a myth and even if it were real there is ample sugar in something like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Or fruit snacks. Are you going to ban those too? I personally wouldn’t send candy for lunch, but I could totally understand people who do, especially after Halloween. We attended a snobby pre-k where the manual recommended certain snacks and even provided examples. If a parent knows going into it that candy is not allowed that is one thing. But you are arbitrarily creating a rule just bc you can’t do your job. And worse, you’ve imposed a new requirement on a parent who did not sign up for that when they joined your school. Why do you get to dictate what people feed their kids? Sending candy with lunch might have been a fun tradition this family was looking forward to.

[Anonymous]

Great. This is to make the teacher’s life easier. No one wants to deal with multiple meltdowns because Tommy gets candy and I don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm actually the preschool teacher who sent this email I just wanted to get parent's perspective without mentioning I'm the teacher at first. I had one parent get really upset with me because her reasoning was well I'm the parent I should be able to decide what my own child can and can't eat as long as it's not due to allergy issues. I do understand her point but at the same time all of the sugar from the candy causes the kids to become very hyper and we are the ones who have to deal with the after math not the parents since we are with them immediately after lunch.

Yeah no this doesn't hold up. There's no difference in sugar content between a single fun-size Kit Kat and a pack of fruit snacks, which are very commonly packed in preschool lunches. I don't think you have a leg to stand on here if your rationale is 'sugar high', OP.

Totally agree. Completely bogus reasoning not supported by research. That being said I wouldn't make a stink about this if I were to receive an email about this as a parent. I'd probably just roll my eyes and move on.

[Anonymous]

Whatever. I wouldn't be focusing on it one way or another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op you sound ignorant. The sugar/hyper is a myth and even if it were real there is ample sugar in something like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Or fruit snacks. Are you going to ban those too? I personally wouldn’t send candy for lunch, but I could totally understand people who do, especially after Halloween. We attended a snobby pre-k where the manual recommended certain snacks and even provided examples. If a parent knows going into it that candy is not allowed that is one thing. But you are arbitrarily creating a rule just bc you can’t do your job. And worse, you’ve imposed a new requirement on a parent who did not sign up for that when they joined your school. Why do you get to dictate what people feed their kids? Sending candy with lunch might have been a fun tradition this family was looking forward to.

NP. I was waiting for someone to pop on here and say this. Why do people act like anything that teachers do to make their job a little easier is this terrible thing? It isn't that she "can't do her job" it's that she wants to make her job a little easier.

I'm not a teacher but I have close friends who are and it's amazing how teachers are taught to look out for their students and to look out for their families but why aren't teachers ever told to lookout for themselves?

Ignorant comments like these are why so many teachers especially ECE teachers leave the profession.

Teachers have to deal with so much shit (literally at times) and trust me they aren't paid near at all what they should be and half the time they are working outside their paid hours.

Before any comes at me yes I'm a parent of a child who is currently in a preschool setting and if his parents emailed me a rule that wasn't harmful to my child or other children and put word for word in the email it was to make her job easier I would actually commend that. I would be like good for you looking out for yourself and move on. Every other career people do things to make their jobs easier.

Trust me your child will be ok and survive without candy I promise you no child ever died from lack of candy. You can have your "tradition" of feeding your kids junk before/after school or on the weekends.

Schools have to provide some rules to set some sort of boundaries. If you are this bent out of shape over a no candy rule than sis you have a longgg road ahead of you when your child hits the age for elementary school because trust me there will be a lot more rules you have to follow and you won't agree with all of them. Are you going to fit those teachers tooth and nail too because poor little Larla is just the exception to the rule and can't go without?

[Anonymous]

Fine, of course.