Ice-cream in middle school cafeteria

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. My kids have ice cream every day for dessert. Perfectly healthy skinny kids. Are you honestly suggesting a little ice cream every day has to do with the obesity epidemic? I’m sorry but you lack critical thinking skills and it’s clouding your judgment. Maybe you are fat/have fat genes and are paranoid that your daughter will also be fat?

Is that meant to be an insult? Yes, some of us do have obesity in our genes and we have to be super careful about what we eat. Just like people with other inherited issues. It would be nice if schools didn’t make it even more of an uphill battle.

[Anonymous]

Your child will be confronted lots of sweet temptation from here on out. How do you plan to educate them to deal with it? Taking ice cream away doesn’t teach them the handle the actual issue at time you should be giving them more control.

I gotta say though, as someone monitoring the BCC lockdown thread and listserv, I really wish ice cream at lunch made the top of 10 problems in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

OMG ice cream! Not ice cream! That’s it we’re going private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you don’t want your kid to have ice cream, pack lunch and don’t fund a school lunch account if your kid won’t follow your rules.

Not a solution at all, unfortunately. Kids share food and provide for friends all the time. They also trade for food.

There are kids who only eat ice cream and chips for lunch almost daily and nothing else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG ice cream! Not ice cream! That’s it we’re going private.

No kid wants to be the fat kid. I wish my parents had shamed me when I started gaining weight during puberty. The middle school years were pure hell because of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG ice cream! Not ice cream! That’s it we’re going private.

No kid wants to be the fat kid. I wish my parents had shamed me when I started gaining weight during puberty. The middle school years were pure hell because of it.

Why were they hell? Were the other kids mean? Then you must have quickly lost the weight, right, because shaming is so effective?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG ice cream! Not ice cream! That’s it we’re going private.

No kid wants to be the fat kid. I wish my parents had shamed me when I started gaining weight during puberty. The middle school years were pure hell because of it.

My parents shamed me and I just got fatter. Since I would have been fat anyway I could have done without the shame.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the reminder, OP, about why I am not friends with the parents of my kids.

BTW, my kids loooooove sweets, and the biggest problem we have is finding pants with small enough waists. I don't see how having a few bites of her friends' 70 calorie ice cream every day could be affecting your child at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the reminder, OP, about why I am not friends with the parents of my kids.

BTW, my kids loooooove sweets, and the biggest problem we have is finding pants with small enough waists. I don't see how having a few bites of her friends' 70 calorie ice cream every day could be affecting your child at all.

**parents of my kids' friends.

[Anonymous]

You're going to love the college cafeterias, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. My kids have ice cream every day for dessert. Perfectly healthy skinny kids. Are you honestly suggesting a little ice cream every day has to do with the obesity epidemic? I’m sorry but you lack critical thinking skills and it’s clouding your judgment. Maybe you are fat/have fat genes and are paranoid that your daughter will also be fat?

Is that meant to be an insult? Yes, some of us do have obesity in our genes and we have to be super careful about what we eat. Just like people with other inherited issues. It would be nice if schools didn’t make it even more of an uphill battle.

Just trying to find an explanation that makes sense for why OP is freaking out about her daughter eating a fraction of a 70 calorie ice cream. Normal weight people usually don’t think twice about these things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. My kids have ice cream every day for dessert. Perfectly healthy skinny kids. Are you honestly suggesting a little ice cream every day has to do with the obesity epidemic? I’m sorry but you lack critical thinking skills and it’s clouding your judgment. Maybe you are fat/have fat genes and are paranoid that your daughter will also be fat?

Is that meant to be an insult? Yes, some of us do have obesity in our genes and we have to be super careful about what we eat. Just like people with other inherited issues. It would be nice if schools didn’t make it even more of an uphill battle.

Just trying to find an explanation that makes sense for why OP is freaking out about her daughter eating a fraction of a 70 calorie ice cream. Normal weight people usually don’t think twice about these things.

Most American kids and teenagers are NOT normal weight. We have an epidemic of obesity and all its sequelae in this country. It's an emergency. NO ONE needs to be eating ice cream at lunch. Sure, a few times in the summer is fine. But our body is not made to handle large bolus of sugar on a daily or hourly basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. My kids have ice cream every day for dessert. Perfectly healthy skinny kids. Are you honestly suggesting a little ice cream every day has to do with the obesity epidemic? I’m sorry but you lack critical thinking skills and it’s clouding your judgment. Maybe you are fat/have fat genes and are paranoid that your daughter will also be fat?

Is that meant to be an insult? Yes, some of us do have obesity in our genes and we have to be super careful about what we eat. Just like people with other inherited issues. It would be nice if schools didn’t make it even more of an uphill battle.

Just trying to find an explanation that makes sense for why OP is freaking out about her daughter eating a fraction of a 70 calorie ice cream. Normal weight people usually don’t think twice about these things.

Most American kids and teenagers are NOT normal weight. We have an epidemic of obesity and all its sequelae in this country. It's an emergency. NO ONE needs to be eating ice cream at lunch. Sure, a few times in the summer is fine. But our body is not made to handle large bolus of sugar on a daily or hourly basis.

Please be serious. Yes, our body can handle a volume of 14 grams of sugar daily (at lunch at school). We have been eating fruit for a million years. Not sure why you’re talking about hourly, please stay on topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. My kids have ice cream every day for dessert. Perfectly healthy skinny kids. Are you honestly suggesting a little ice cream every day has to do with the obesity epidemic? I’m sorry but you lack critical thinking skills and it’s clouding your judgment. Maybe you are fat/have fat genes and are paranoid that your daughter will also be fat?

Is that meant to be an insult? Yes, some of us do have obesity in our genes and we have to be super careful about what we eat. Just like people with other inherited issues. It would be nice if schools didn’t make it even more of an uphill battle.

Just trying to find an explanation that makes sense for why OP is freaking out about her daughter eating a fraction of a 70 calorie ice cream. Normal weight people usually don’t think twice about these things.

Most American kids and teenagers are NOT normal weight. We have an epidemic of obesity and all its sequelae in this country. It's an emergency. NO ONE needs to be eating ice cream at lunch. Sure, a few times in the summer is fine. But our body is not made to handle large bolus of sugar on a daily or hourly basis.

A few bites of ice cream at lunch - even daily - is NOT a factor in the obesity epidemic. Are you really concerned about kids SHARING one of those small cups??

The obsessive and disordered attitude toward sugar displayed by the OP are far more damaging than half a cup of ice cream. Or even a full cup.

All things in moderation, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not try to micromanage your pre-teen's food choices. Ice cream is not poison and it's just fine as a daily snack. Heaven knows, that kid probably gets limited food choices at home if the parent is having conniptions over ice cream. Did you think your child would stay the size and weight of a 10-year-old? Kids this age grow, gain weight, and change shape. Girls this age are already having body image issues. You should ensure you are not subconsciously reinforcing disordered eating habits.

Thanks, but not an issue here. We are not judging body sizes, and my child does not have a body image problem. I am concerned about HEALTH. It is important what you put into your body. We all should be able to have discussions on healthy diet/weight without gettIng offended.

I really hate the people, like OP, whose reaction to them not wanting their child exposed to some book, food, idea, is to ban the item for all children.

OP, you need to do a better job teaching your child your rules and enforcing them. Other families have no problems with their children having some ice cream. My children have no problem only getting ice cream once in a while as a treat. And having that as an option for them when they want a treat is perfectly fine for us. If your child is having problems with weight, then you need to address the issue with your child, not try to ban ice cream for all kids.