Parents - your kids are bringing garbage snacks to school

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Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, thanks for your concern. Its astonishing to me that people can be so nasty instead of grateful that you care enough about their kids.
I struggle with snacks and food too, so thanks for being the voice that reminds us not to the take the easy, more dangerous route.

Dangerous? FFS!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again. You see the parent reaction to the suggestion that snack should be healthy. Now imagine the uproar if I tried to tell parents no snack at all! Someone would definitely complain to admin and I’d be told I have to allow snack.

Actually, I think all the parents would be relieved. They probably don’t want to send anything in anyway, but feel they have to bc at snack time their kid will be the only one without something and will complain. For the good of everyone- just say no snacks. I don’t recall ever having snacks in elementary school, or water bottles.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP again. You see the parent reaction to the suggestion that snack should be healthy. Now imagine the uproar if I tried to tell parents no snack at all! Someone would definitely complain to admin and I’d be told I have to allow snack.

Good. It's none of your business. If you can't handle letting parents do the parenting without running off to tattle to DCUM about it, you should quit. I'd rather my kid have no teacher at all than one like you.

I will be here until my full pension vests. But if you prefer no teacher feel free to homeschool/unschool/free range whatever. Bet you wouldn’t last a month! Keep in my that your child’s current teacher gets to pick their teacher for next year. When I have problematic parents or students, I make sure they get the most militant teacher the following year.

As if that makes a difference. Militant teachers only show kids that school is even more worthless than they originally thought.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again. You see the parent reaction to the suggestion that snack should be healthy. Now imagine the uproar if I tried to tell parents no snack at all! Someone would definitely complain to admin and I’d be told I have to allow snack.

Good. It's none of your business. If you can't handle letting parents do the parenting without running off to tattle to DCUM about it, you should quit. I'd rather my kid have no teacher at all than one like you.

I will be here until my full pension vests. But if you prefer no teacher feel free to homeschool/unschool/free range whatever. Bet you wouldn’t last a month! Keep in my that your child’s current teacher gets to pick their teacher for next year. When I have problematic parents or students, I make sure they get the most militant teacher the following year.

As if that makes a difference. Militant teachers only show kids that school is even more worthless than they originally thought.

+1. We just racked up absences the year we had a teacher like this. The following year my kid had a great teacher, so they actually wanted to attend and learn.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is why there is an obesity epidemic in the Western world. Parents are going to die defending their family's poor food choices. If that's what you want to feed your children, sure, but some of y'all here pretend chocolate milk and pretzels are Mediterranean diet.

It's hard to cultivate good food habits in a country like America, but it is possible with effort. You have to push against what the corporations are selling you as "easy and healthy" snack and lunches because they don't give a shit about your family's health. And, yes, this includes junky school lunches. Yes, kids will keep on craving greasy and sugary foods because these "foods" are made to be highly palatable, very often in a lab. It doesn't mean you should pack this stuff for their school lunch or snack. Try educating them on how good real food is for their bodies. It might be a tough sell, but it's worth a try.

I ate junk food my entire childhood, and turned out fine. Once I could buy and make my own food, I made healthier choices, frankly because I was sick of eating junk.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are not watching out for this you should be.

On a daily basis I have kids bringing for snack (not dessert):

Packaged muffins, cookies, brownies, Doritos, cheetos. And the quantities they are bringing are astounding too.

This is terrible brain food. It makes them sleepy, unfocused and it’s terrible for their health too!

At our school they hand these out for breakfast- well not "cookies" but sweet muffins and pastries. Plus juice or chocolate milk. I agree it's terrible for the reasons you state but this is far from just a problem of poor parenting.

Chocolate milk is one of the top nutritious recommendations for pretty much every serious athlete in the world. But some influencer or random journalist told you it’s uNhEaLtHy so you get your panties in a twist at the thought of a kid drinking it once or twice a day.

It’s very obvious that most of you do not have older kids (or kids you’ve actually managed to raise to adulthood). The sanctimommy is strong in this thread.

I think the nutritional needs of a serious athlete are quite different than the nutritional needs of an elementary school child....

The point, dummy, was that chocolate milk isn’t inherently unhealthy.

And I actually think growing, active kids DO have nutritional needs more in line with serious athletes than with their middle-aged, ano/orthorexic mommies.

The fact that you think parents who choose regular rather than chocolate milk is a sign of an eating disorder makes you the dummy.

We’re currently discussing choosing between chocolate milk and no milk, fool.

You are. No one is saying offer no milk, fool.

offered =/= consumed. This point has already been raised, many pages ago. Try to keep up!

Kids will consume plain milk it if it’s the only option offered. How is that hard to understand?

Have you met kids? They will not drink something they don’t like just because that is the only option at the time.

Then clearly they are not that thirsty and don't need it. I offer plain milk or water at home and have no problems keeping my kids hydrated.

Good for you! You’re an AMAZING mom! Much better than all the OTHER moms out there!

I give my kids chocolate milk because they like it and they can use some extra fat, calories, and protein. But I’m just an adequate mom.

No, you're inadequate. Get some awareness.

[Anonymous]

I really feel that the Earth and environment would heal if the human population dropped by 50%.

So between the crap American diet, mental health issues, microplastics and processed food, early onset of lifestyle illnessess, gun violence, anti-vaccine lobby, removing programs to provide food and healthcare for poor people, and growing poverty...America is doing its part.

Besides, whose kids are eating junk food? It is not the high achieving kids from well to do families. Let them eat cake!! Lets close the achievement gap by other means!!

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is why there is an obesity epidemic in the Western world. Parents are going to die defending their family's poor food choices. If that's what you want to feed your children, sure, but some of y'all here pretend chocolate milk and pretzels are Mediterranean diet.

It's hard to cultivate good food habits in a country like America, but it is possible with effort. You have to push against what the corporations are selling you as "easy and healthy" snack and lunches because they don't give a shit about your family's health. And, yes, this includes junky school lunches. Yes, kids will keep on craving greasy and sugary foods because these "foods" are made to be highly palatable, very often in a lab. It doesn't mean you should pack this stuff for their school lunch or snack. Try educating them on how good real food is for their bodies. It might be a tough sell, but it's worth a try.

I ate junk food my entire childhood, and turned out fine. Once I could buy and make my own food, I made healthier choices, frankly because I was sick of eating junk.

This is so variable. The people I know who ate junk in childhood do not make healthier choices as adults.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is why there is an obesity epidemic in the Western world. Parents are going to die defending their family's poor food choices. If that's what you want to feed your children, sure, but some of y'all here pretend chocolate milk and pretzels are Mediterranean diet.

It's hard to cultivate good food habits in a country like America, but it is possible with effort. You have to push against what the corporations are selling you as "easy and healthy" snack and lunches because they don't give a shit about your family's health. And, yes, this includes junky school lunches. Yes, kids will keep on craving greasy and sugary foods because these "foods" are made to be highly palatable, very often in a lab. It doesn't mean you should pack this stuff for their school lunch or snack. Try educating them on how good real food is for their bodies. It might be a tough sell, but it's worth a try.

I ate junk food my entire childhood, and turned out fine. Once I could buy and make my own food, I made healthier choices, frankly because I was sick of eating junk.

This is so variable. The people I know who ate junk in childhood do not make healthier choices as adults.

And yet they’re still more successful, more attractive, and generally happier than you!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really feel that the Earth and environment would heal if the human population dropped by 50%.

So between the crap American diet, mental health issues, microplastics and processed food, early onset of lifestyle illnessess, gun violence, anti-vaccine lobby, removing programs to provide food and healthcare for poor people, and growing poverty...America is doing its part.

Besides, whose kids are eating junk food? It is not the high achieving kids from well to do families. Let them eat cake!! Lets close the achievement gap by other means!!

I agree it’s sort of Darwinian at this point. We can only help so much.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, thanks for your concern. Its astonishing to me that people can be so nasty instead of grateful that you care enough about their kids.
I struggle with snacks and food too, so thanks for being the voice that reminds us not to the take the easy, more dangerous route.

Oh you sweet summer child. OP doesn’t give a single $hit about anyone’s kids. OP is feeling insecure about being a (crappy) kindergarten teacher and is seeking external validation.

It's such a belligerently dumb opinion, defended so passionately that I'm convinced she just has a kink for people yelling at her.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is why there is an obesity epidemic in the Western world. Parents are going to die defending their family's poor food choices. If that's what you want to feed your children, sure, but some of y'all here pretend chocolate milk and pretzels are Mediterranean diet.

It's hard to cultivate good food habits in a country like America, but it is possible with effort. You have to push against what the corporations are selling you as "easy and healthy" snack and lunches because they don't give a shit about your family's health. And, yes, this includes junky school lunches. Yes, kids will keep on craving greasy and sugary foods because these "foods" are made to be highly palatable, very often in a lab. It doesn't mean you should pack this stuff for their school lunch or snack. Try educating them on how good real food is for their bodies. It might be a tough sell, but it's worth a try.

I ate junk food my entire childhood, and turned out fine. Once I could buy and make my own food, I made healthier choices, frankly because I was sick of eating junk.

This is so variable. The people I know who ate junk in childhood do not make healthier choices as adults.

And yet they’re still more successful, more attractive, and generally happier than you!!

They're not. There probably are successful people who eat junk as adults, even if I don't know any.

I wasn't being rude in giving my experience, but you are. You don't seem very happy yourself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is why there is an obesity epidemic in the Western world. Parents are going to die defending their family's poor food choices. If that's what you want to feed your children, sure, but some of y'all here pretend chocolate milk and pretzels are Mediterranean diet.

It's hard to cultivate good food habits in a country like America, but it is possible with effort. You have to push against what the corporations are selling you as "easy and healthy" snack and lunches because they don't give a shit about your family's health. And, yes, this includes junky school lunches. Yes, kids will keep on craving greasy and sugary foods because these "foods" are made to be highly palatable, very often in a lab. It doesn't mean you should pack this stuff for their school lunch or snack. Try educating them on how good real food is for their bodies. It might be a tough sell, but it's worth a try.

I ate junk food my entire childhood, and turned out fine. Once I could buy and make my own food, I made healthier choices, frankly because I was sick of eating junk.

This is so variable. The people I know who ate junk in childhood do not make healthier choices as adults.

And yet they’re still more successful, more attractive, and generally happier than you!!

They're not. There probably are successful people who eat junk as adults, even if I don't know any.

I wasn't being rude in giving my experience, but you are. You don't seem very happy yourself.

Love how judgmental busybodies genuinely think they’re not rude.

You are being rude by even formulating an opinion on other adults personal food choices, dear. And you’re an AH.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is why there is an obesity epidemic in the Western world. Parents are going to die defending their family's poor food choices. If that's what you want to feed your children, sure, but some of y'all here pretend chocolate milk and pretzels are Mediterranean diet.

It's hard to cultivate good food habits in a country like America, but it is possible with effort. You have to push against what the corporations are selling you as "easy and healthy" snack and lunches because they don't give a shit about your family's health. And, yes, this includes junky school lunches. Yes, kids will keep on craving greasy and sugary foods because these "foods" are made to be highly palatable, very often in a lab. It doesn't mean you should pack this stuff for their school lunch or snack. Try educating them on how good real food is for their bodies. It might be a tough sell, but it's worth a try.

I ate junk food my entire childhood, and turned out fine. Once I could buy and make my own food, I made healthier choices, frankly because I was sick of eating junk.

This is so variable. The people I know who ate junk in childhood do not make healthier choices as adults.

And yet they’re still more successful, more attractive, and generally happier than you!!

They're not. There probably are successful people who eat junk as adults, even if I don't know any.

I wasn't being rude in giving my experience, but you are. You don't seem very happy yourself.

Love how judgmental busybodies genuinely think they’re not rude.

You are being rude by even formulating an opinion on other adults personal food choices, dear. And you’re an AH.

It's rude to recognize that junk food is junk?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again. You see the parent reaction to the suggestion that snack should be healthy. Now imagine the uproar if I tried to tell parents no snack at all! Someone would definitely complain to admin and I’d be told I have to allow snack.

Why do you say “snack” in the singular? I don’t know any native English speaker who refers to “snack” like it is a mealtime.