How to eliminate strawberry milk at DS' elementary school?

[Anonymous]

In FCPS, they don't allow flavored milk anymore. The choice is skim or 1%. The food is mostly crap, but at least the milk choices are decent. My DD was complaining also that they no longer have syrup when they serve "breakfast for lunch." I think they are at least trying -- but the food is still mostly crap (although they do have hummus lunches and a yogurt lunch with a cheese stick and fruit or something like that every day).

I guess Virginia is not backward compared to Maryland in everything . . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is this such an issue? What is the sugar content of this milk? Is there a healthier choice offered to the children?

I think children need adult help to make informed choices and take responsiblity. Maybe there could be signs posted to signal healthier options. (Although milk, even sugared, is more nutritious than juice.)
But I am biased: my child is drastically underweight, hates sugar, and I would love nothing more than to see him ingest something caloric like strawberry milk

You want a 5 yo to make informed choices about nutrition, and take responsibility for those choices? And you think that posting a sign to signal the more healthy choice would help? They're freakin' 5!

What color is the sky in your world?

[Anonymous]

Just pile on, there are a couple of problems with the, "just get over it and pack your lunch" advice.

1. That crap shouldn't be available at school at all.
2. You are basically saying, "Well, at least my kid is eating right. The rest of you out there, especially the kids on the free lunch program? Who cares what crap they eat!? What's the problem with a little childhood obesity?" Super message to send.
3. The school's mission is to teach. Any school that teaches (even implicitly) that it is acceptable to drink sugared milk with every meal needs a radical curriculum shift, in my opinion.

There are a bunch of other points, but this isn't really a small deal at all - it's symptomatic of a much larger problem in society today.

[Anonymous]

I don't like the strawberry milk offered at my child's school. Does anyone have a low sugar recipe?

[Anonymous]

Here's one- plain white milk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

No what you need to do is have a seat before you end up a member of the communist tyrant club. Save your advocacy for what is going on in your own home.

If parents let their kids eat chocolate dipped sugar bars that is their
business not yours. I am sure you make plenty of choices that others disagree with.

It's so odd how people want rules and regulations on personal choices until the choice is one that they make.

So, why can't the chocolate dipped sugar bar people pack THEIR kids' lunches? Why does that crap have to be served in school?

I find it strange and sad that people are so invested in defending something that is completely indefensible.

[Anonymous]

Great point, PP.

Not to get totally off-subject, but I'm wondering if defenders of flavored milks in schools are also the "everybody should get a trophy" crowd. Alot of it is laziness and because it's always easiest to pull everyone down to the lowest common element.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know what's really funny about this thread?

Cow milk of any color is just not that healthy for a human to consume in quantity.

It is amusing to listen to about 50% of the posters here whine "OMG, kill the pink milk and give us lots of plain miiiiiiiiiilk! A human drinking out of the teat of a cow is such a great idea!"

Link please.

[Anonymous]

12:02 - I was thinking the same thing. The dairy industry has done a FANTASTIC job of brainwashing people into thinking that 'milk does a body good'. People need to wake up and do some research about what they are putting in their bodies.

[Anonymous]

My comment was for 17:15 - she has hit the nail on the head. Not the person that is asking for proof that we shouldn't drink milk from a cow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My comment was for 17:15 - she has hit the nail on the head. Not the person that is asking for proof that we shouldn't drink milk from a cow.

For 17:15 from 2010, pinhead. Pay attention.

[Anonymous]

Maybe I am overreacting/being petty in the grand scheme of the world, but strawberry milk irks me! Chocolate milk I am fine with, but strawberry? come on.

This makes no sense to me. Either flavored milk with added sugar is ok or it isn't, why would the particular flavor make a difference? OP, why don't you write to your school district expressing your concern about this issue? You can raise it with other parents that you know, and suggest that they do so as well. Short of that, really, the only other thing you can do is to tell your child that he or she cannot buy the milk, and give them something else to drink.

[Anonymous]

I honestly could care less what kind of MILK my son drinks at school. He drinks regular milk at home and as long as he's not chugging back a Pepsi with each meal, I'm ok with a little sugar at lunch time. Flavored milk has been offered in school for as long as I can remember (at least, during my school days).

[Anonymous]

Teacher here- whenever kids get sick and throw up in the morning, there's always pink milk in the, uh, mix. I see it happen a couple times/year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Maybe I am overreacting/being petty in the grand scheme of the world, but strawberry milk irks me! Chocolate milk I am fine with, but strawberry? come on.

This makes no sense to me. Either flavored milk with added sugar is ok or it isn't, why would the particular flavor make a difference? OP, why don't you write to your school district expressing your concern about this issue? You can raise it with other parents that you know, and suggest that they do so as well. Short of that, really, the only other thing you can do is to tell your child that he or she cannot buy the milk, and give them something else to drink.

Most strawberry milk has more sugar than chocolate milk. It's marginal though.