It irks me that both schools my kids attend are bossy about what to pack for lunch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I refuse to believe that you are dumb enough to be asking that question asking a serious answer.

Wha???

[Anonymous]

Let me guess OP are you like that cow in the RNC commercial who resents the soda tax? Because they're informing everyone about healthy choices to try to change the culture of eating for the better. It worked with smoking--why not use the same approach with eating?

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OP: I agree. This isn't just happening at the private schools. Some of the charters are outright cavalier about restricting what snacks can be served.

For example, Yu Ying bans ALL NUTS from the school. No peanut butter sandwiches. Kind of ridiculous - I understand some kids have bad nut allergies, but why do we have to assume the whole school does? And why can't the kids with allergies be taught what they must avoid?

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Anonymous wrote:This annoys the heck out of me too. My kids eat healthy sometimes, junky sometimes, and yes, we even do McDonald's happy meals. But they are not obese, not even close. Why? Because they don't sit around inside all day. They run around outside, ride bikes, climb trees, play soccer. They are active kids. So if I as a parent decides to send in a treat with their lunch it is nobody's business.

I agree completely. My kids eat healthy 95% of the time and are as active as they come. So if I want to give him a treat in his lunch, I better not hear a word about it. There is nothing wrong with an occasional treat.
And I agree -- jelly sandwich on white bread is probably worse than the lunchable. At least the lunchable has some protein.

But school is not an appropriate place to give treats. Do that at home instead.

It is my duty as a parent to decide what is appropriate for my child to eat, not yours and not some school board. If I choose to purchase the school lunch, then that is different. If I am sending a lunch from home then that is nobody's business what is inside. One of my favorite memories of elementary school was when my mom would send in my favorite cookie, or those extra yummy Pringles. I want to share those kinds of simple moments with my kids too.

[Anonymous]

Please tell me which private school has a no junk food rule. Most private schools have dining rooms and no one brings their lunch. Gds is the only one I know that doesn't.

[Anonymous]

Not GDS. The policy is bring lunch (and snack), label it with the kids name, consume it when/where allowed.

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I agree with 2214, the original post definitely reminded me of one of those anti-soda tax ads.

I have no idea as to whether many private schools have actually enacted such restrictions; at our school chocolate milk is served. I was arguing with DS this evening, because we do not allow him to have that.

Obviously, other parents might make different choices re sweets at school. Some children tend to get all spun up if they eat sweets -- really active, excited -- so that may be of concern to teachers. I imagine that depends on the child...

As for peanuts...nowadays many -- perhaps most -- schools are nut-free zones. Very different from when we were kids, right? From what I read, even passing contact with this allergen can be life threatening for some children...I guess that's why schools are so cautious, banning nuts even tho there are no students who are actually allergic.

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Can we extend this to the incredibly PC rules/guidelines on packaging food in lunchboxes? Thanks to my son's nature camp, I had to run out on a weeknight and invest in a million little plastic containers because they mandated "no waste"... his elementary doesn't mandate but strongly advises parents to avoid plastic bags etc. My son is one of those who gets very neurotic about rules - he agonized about his organic milk box until I finally convinced him that it was ok since it was recyclable. I'm sympathetic to the cause but as a parent with FT job and a todder, the last thing I needed was the enviro-nazis inspecting my kid's lunchbox for the occasional plastic baggie.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I hate that too. I appreciate the concern, but really.....mandating no ziploc baggies? C'mon.

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I am a public school teacher and wandered across this in recent topics. And I have to pull out the "wow. just wow." card on this. To the ridiculous pps who support this and say school is no place for a treat (WTF?), sometimes that little treat can make a really long hard school day bearable.

However, I regularly see some of my 7th grade students finish off a big gulp of coke and a king size snickers before first period. So that's the other extreme for you...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a public school teacher and wandered across this in recent topics. And I have to pull out the "wow. just wow." card on this. To the ridiculous pps who support this and say school is no place for a treat (WTF?), sometimes that little treat can make a really long hard school day bearable.

However, I regularly see some of my 7th grade students finish off a big gulp of coke and a king size snickers before first period. So that's the other extreme for you...

I lived on sour cream and onion Ruffles and Mountain Dew for lunch every day in high school. I wish is still had that metabolism!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we extend this to the incredibly PC rules/guidelines on packaging food in lunchboxes? Thanks to my son's nature camp, I had to run out on a weeknight and invest in a million little plastic containers because they mandated "no waste"... his elementary doesn't mandate but strongly advises parents to avoid plastic bags etc. My son is one of those who gets very neurotic about rules - he agonized about his organic milk box until I finally convinced him that it was ok since it was recyclable. I'm sympathetic to the cause but as a parent with FT job and a todder, the last thing I needed was the enviro-nazis inspecting my kid's lunchbox for the occasional plastic baggie.

Could you please tell me where you found those little containers? I'm thinking it might be easier and more economical for me in the long run, and fun for my DS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This annoys the heck out of me too. My kids eat healthy sometimes, junky sometimes, and yes, we even do McDonald's happy meals. But they are not obese, not even close. Why? Because they don't sit around inside all day. They run around outside, ride bikes, climb trees, play soccer. They are active kids. So if I as a parent decides to send in a treat with their lunch it is nobody's business.

I agree completely. My kids eat healthy 95% of the time and are as active as they come. So if I want to give him a treat in his lunch, I better not hear a word about it. There is nothing wrong with an occasional treat.
And I agree -- jelly sandwich on white bread is probably worse than the lunchable. At least the lunchable has some protein.

You better not hear a word? lol

A few things.

1. Yes you may want to give your little darling candy or cookies in their lunch. Who deals with their sugar rush and crash that afternoon? THE TEACHERS.

2. Rules are rules. Thinking your child doesn't have to follow the rules EVERY other child follows is insanely entitled behavior.

And people need to stop being deliberately obtuse - no junk food means no cookies, candy or chips. No we don't micromanage and check every food label because it is fairly obvious to us all what falls in the junk food category.

People like you are so incredibly irritating. Maybe you start checking labels and them maybe you could get a clue. You actually believe that only cookies and candy have sugar when in fact the average lunch that I would bet you deem healthy is full of sugar and a cookie or piece of candy does not make any difference. Examples of sugar - white bread (biggest offender) and if the bread is not whole grain its very high in sugar and carbs and no wheat bread and white wheat are full of sugar also, all fruits, applesauce even if unsweetend but most kids get the sweetened variety anyway, dressing or dips with carrots - carrots are high in sugar, and on and on...

[Anonymous]

Parents like you are so obnoxious.

If kids bring a lunchable in my school, we do make them put the candy or cookie up in their backpack and take it home. We are a no junkfood school.

Put up or shut up: name the school you cite. And it had better be in D.C. or its environs, because no one here gives a shit about Dallas Country Day School.

[Anonymous]

My son's preschool had some rules like this. No, little things like that don't bother me. Life's too short.