What is the deal with back to school kits?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sanitizer contains endocrine disruptors, so if you're fine with your kids maturing too early and having other problems then by all means go for it.

It's usually alcohol. Get your facts straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sanitizer contains endocrine disruptors, so if you're fine with your kids maturing too early and having other problems then by all means go for it.

It's usually alcohol. Get your facts straight.

Alcohol is an endocrine disruptor and many people are becoming increasingly concerned with its pervasiveness in common, everyday products.

Your endocrine system produces and regulates various hormones within your body. It consists of the thyroid, pineal gland, pituitary gland, ovaries or testes, hypothalamus, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, and adrenal glands. Simply put, an endocrine disruptor is any compound or substance that affects the normal operation of the endocrine system. When the endocrine system is disrupted, imbalances can occur and produce infertility, depression, and immune system suppression, among other health issues.

Get YOUR facts straight.

[Anonymous]

My child's school doesn't offer the "kits', but I'm not sure if I'd participate anyway. It was always a fun day to do "back to school" shopping when I was growing up---new shoes, backpack, lunchbox, supplies and lunch out, and now my kids look forward to that as well =)
And our school supply list includes things like rolls of scotch tape, multiple boxes of Kleenex, zip loc bags, 16 glue sticks, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alcohol is an endocrine disruptor and many people are becoming increasingly concerned with its pervasiveness in common, everyday products.

Please provide a citation from a reputable source.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I am fine with buying kits I just checked on the kit that was $40 last year for K (according to the school's website) is now $62 (according to the edukit website).

More than a 50% increase. That is nuts. And no $62 will not impact my family negatively, I am juts saying. That is some increase.

What on earth is in that kit? Here's the K list from my school (which does not sell kits). I guess ~$20 for all of this:

Marble composition book
Expo Markers
Crayola washable markers
Several glue sticks
(2) Boxes of 24 Crayola crayons
#2 pencils (several)

I know right. This is for Key School. Maybe we need supplies in both Spanish and English as it is an immersion school.
BTW I am clearly kidding about billingual supplies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alcohol is an endocrine disruptor and many people are becoming increasingly concerned with its pervasiveness in common, everyday products.

Please provide a citation from a reputable source.

http://www.virginiahopkinstestkits.com/hand_sanitizers.html

http://wakeup-world.com/2014/05/04/is-alcohol-an-endocrine-disruptor/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9998/

[Anonymous]

Shouldn't our taxes be covering basic supplies like this for our schools? I'd be happy to pay more in local taxes so that our schools could be well funded and stocked, with smaller classrooms and higher pay for teachers. Really shows you what is valued in our country -- no money for schools or infrastructure but plenty for wars, Wall Street, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DD's school has 5 reams of copy paper on each grader's supply list. Ummmmm. No! That's the school's job to provide.

But what if the school doesn't provide it? And the parents all think like you?

Seriously. So tired of free loaders. And to the mom who doesn't "believe" in hand sanitizer...do you think the teacher will send your special snowflake to wash his hands (remember, it has to be at least 30 seconds to be thorough) while all the other children line up for sanitizer or do you think she will just have him skip the sanitizer and have dirty hands? There is no time for 30+ kids to correctly wash their hands several times each day.

Why the hell do kids need to wash their hands several times a day? I never washed my hands with anything but water as a kid because I hated industrial soap. If my kid washes their hands before lunch that's plenty. Hand sanitizer kills good bacteria.

A couple of reasons they need to wash their hands, esp. before and after eating, are to keep them from getting sick (spreading germs) and from spreading around allergens, like peanuts or peanut butter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alcohol is an endocrine disruptor and many people are becoming increasingly concerned with its pervasiveness in common, everyday products.

Please provide a citation from a reputable source.

http://www.virginiahopkinstestkits.com/hand_sanitizers.html

http://wakeup-world.com/2014/05/04/is-alcohol-an-endocrine-disruptor/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9998/

"Wake up World?" You've got to be fucking kidding me. No sanitizing of the hands, no vaccines either. Gotcha. Hope there are no immunocompromised children in your kid's class.

[Anonymous]

I'm a bit confused with all this no hand washing discussion. Don't the children use the bathroom?When I taught, we had a specific bathroom time(before lunch)and all kids used bathroom, washed hands and then ate. I used the sanitizer mostly if a child was sneezing,blowing nose,etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have one sink in the boys' bathroom and one in the girls' bathroom. No sinks in my classroom. I have 28 1st graders. We use hand sanitizer or it would take nearly 30 minutes for every kid to use the bathroom and wash their hands.

Amazing how previous generations managed without sanitizer. Do you have kids? Would you want rubbing alcohol and other chemicals absorbed into their bodies via their skin every day?

I do have kids and they do the same thing in their classroom. Complain the the admin about the ridiculous expectations that cause teachers not to have time for 28 students to wait in line to wash their hands with soap and water. We actually don't have soap 1/3 of the time anyway. Complain to them about that too. We, the teachers, do and get no response.

[Anonymous]

My MIL is a K teacher in PG county and she told me (though she sometimes has a propensity for exaggeration) that she got $60 to outfit her class with supplies for the entire year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child's school doesn't offer the "kits', but I'm not sure if I'd participate anyway. It was always a fun day to do "back to school" shopping when I was growing up---new shoes, backpack, lunchbox, supplies and lunch out, and now my kids look forward to that as well =)
And our school supply list includes things like rolls of scotch tape, multiple boxes of Kleenex, zip loc bags, 16 glue sticks, etc.

Last year I went to 3 different stores looking for that elusive pronged yellow folder. Definitely doing the kit this year,

[Anonymous]

Every year this forum topic comes up. Have no idea why these kits bother so many people.

[Anonymous]

I have two boys who hate shopping. I buy the kits.