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Sent in candy for v-day at daycare. Are other parents going to hate me?
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So I'm the clueless mom who did not know we had to send in something for v-day at daycare. Hubby ran to the store late last night to get some stuff but he said Target, CVS, Giant's v-day sections looked like it was ransacked. So he came home with some candy. So we packaged this in cute little bags and sent it into daycare. No cards though!
Having done this and now reading on this board that other parents hope their kids don't get junk food, I'm wondering if the parents at DS's daycare are going to hate us. Would you if you were in the class? |
Anonymous
I hope it was candy I like! I wouldn't care but I would be the one eating it. 
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zumbamama
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| Hate you for bringing candy on V-day? That's not a reason to hate anyone. |
Anonymous
| 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. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't hate you, but I would roll my eyes. What happened to just cards? Do we really need Halloween II? My older kid's Kindergarten teacher was just ranting to me about this yesterday. We did just cards. Older kid asked me about sending candy, but I said no. |
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| I'd thank you... 1) for the thought and 2) for helping keep me in business. As long as people eat candy, there will always be a need for cardio! |
Anonymous
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. 
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Anonymous
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Hate is such a strong word. I'd appreciate if other parents didn't bring candy (I'd rather my son not think all holidays / parties/ etc revolve around junk food) but I understand other parents are just trying to be nice.
The v-day cards I bought were crap if that makes you feel better. I was shocked at how cheap and flimsy they were (an unattractive, looked nothing like the box). |
Anonymous
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We get candy all the time and I could care less. We just dump it all in a bowl which sits in kitchen cabinet. Occasionally we'll fish a piece out and eat it. Still working on Halloween stuff, but really no big deal.
Besides, I never even pay attention to the source of the candy, so even if I was annoyed I wouldn't know who to be annoyed at. |
Anonymous
| No, I certainly wouldn't hate you -- I'm not wild about the fact that V-day has turned into another Halloween and think it is all pretty silly. But if you promise not to judge me for not sending anything because I forgot to send anything, I won't judge you for sending candy! The important thing is, did the kids have fun? I know mine did! She loves looking through her looty-bag! |
Anonymous
I agree with this poster. I think it's really silly that we are expected to bring candy, stickers, etc. I am the only mom from my son's preschool class who only did cards, not candy or stickers. Oh well. To kind of answer you, OP: I think it's annoying that my son got so much candy, especially since he has food allergies and I had to tell him he couldn't have any of it. But I don't hate anyone for it. I just wish for a lot of reasons that we could just stick to some good old-fashioned v-day cards and leave it at that. |
Anonymous
Don't worry about it. My son gave a card and one piece of candy and that is what most of the other kids in his class did. I ration out the candy and it came just in time b/c the Halloween stuff ran out last month. If people don't want their kids to have it, they can eat it themselves or throw it away. If your kid is in daycare, they are of an age where they might not notice if it "goes missing." 
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Anonymous
Great response. I know I'd take a day off of work to make a home made Valentine craft. |
Anonymous
Wow! We did construction paper cards and a little baggie of teddy grahams, but did it b/c I knew DS would enjoy it and we had fun. I would not have been happy if his school had told me I *had* to bring something. |
Anonymous
| My DS gave and got candy at his pre-school. I think it's fine and nobody will hate you. A lot of the fun at this age is just getting the candy. We ration and he never notices that some went missing. |