Sent in candy for v-day at daycare. Are other parents going to hate me?

[Anonymous]

Of course we won't hate you, but more importantly our kids will love you. My DS is a very happy little boy today. Now I'm the terrible mom who didn't bring in cards or candy or even make it to his v-day school party...

[Anonymous]

My kids also love you. I don't send candy, but I absolutely don't mind when others do because it makes my kids so happy. And, for those of you who send in those cheap plastic toys, you have given my kids at least one day of pure unadulterated joy.

[Anonymous]

I normally throw all the candy in the basket of candy left over from Halloween. It is used as reward during haircuts, etc. Our daycare uses the exchange of Valentine's cards to encourage sharing. Honestly, I amazed they got my DS to hand out his cards. He has a terrible possessive streak still.

[Anonymous]

didn't occur to me to do more than a card. my son is allergic to nuts so i had to throw away alot of the candy in his bag he brought home. no ingredient lists.

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised the daycares allow candy. When my older son was in preschool we were not allowed to bring candy. There was an approved list of goodies we could work of off or we could bring nothing. If you take a room of 12 kids I guess it's only 12 pieces of candy but still.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't hate you, but I wouldn't be thrilled with the school policy that allows it.

Next year, if you must send candy, send one piece per kid. Part of the problem people have the the candy is the excessive amount that comes home.

Sometimes, parents are stident controllers of their children's food intake because of important medical reasons that they are not discussing with other people. Sending candy makes life harder for these households.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I gave little cards with candy too. I don't really care if the other parent's at DS's pre-school hate me. I just don't have time to hand craft little valentine's day stuff and the school required we bring something.

Wow. That's the spirit. Dump your kid off at daycare and say your time is too important to make anything for V's Day. and then say you don't care if the other parents hate you.

Oh for crying out loud. Keep livin'. It keeps going like this well into elementary school. Any effort beats no effort, and folks have different pressures and priorities.

[Anonymous]

My 2.5yr old is in a class of 10 and came home with probably 30 pieces of candy, which inc a lot of snickers and reces products. He also came home with hard candy that was a choking hazard. All of it went in the trash. Why would a parent send peanut products? I don't even know why candy would be given to such young kids. We have not introduced him to anything other than mini m&m's. Why bother if he does not know better.

No, I don't hate anyone, but I was annoyed. I know one boy in his class has severe allergies, so I'm sure his mom was not thrilled either.

[Anonymous]

OP here. FWIW, we sent in candy but at least read the ingredients to make sure it has no tree nuts in it. My thoughts were well meaning, so I hope that parents who normally get annoyed understand that the malice intentions were not there.

[Anonymous]

I'm the weird one. Not you. I sent little red, pink, and white containers of playdoh.