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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Choosing to sell Trix Fauxgurt in an elementary school cafeteria screams a lack of good judgement on many levels (not anticipating push-back from well-educated parents being only one). Are you by any chance that person, OP? Or did you negotiate the business deal to get it in the cafeteria?[/quote]

OP didn't bring up the yogurt, I did. I'm the ESS "old timer" who no longer has kids there but heard about it from a neighbor, and I mentioned the incident only as metaphor for a certain breed of hyper-obsessive helicopter parent intent on curating every aspect of their children's existence.

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I am OP and I concur with this usage of the Affaire du Trix.  [/quote]

I don't. I would be appalled if my kids were offered Trix Yogurt as an option for school lunch. What crap. I'm not at the school -- not even sure what school it is -- but I don't consider wanting my kid to eat healthy food to be a symptom of a hyper-obsessive helicopter parent intent on curating every aspect of my child's existence. Unless you think being in charge of their diet is helicopter parenting, which most people don't. Most people agree that parents are responsible for their children's health, which includes eating healthy food. [/quote]

Right. So maybe explain to your kid why the yogurt is shitty food and why it would be healthier to avoid it, or at least consume it minimally. Then let them choose what to do. Or will you also be checking the nutritional content in their college cafeteria one day? [/quote]

Why would you want kids to be forced to choose a healthy option over a more appealing unhealthy one? I'd much rather they be given healthy choices at school. We don't let our kids go to the grocery store and "choose what to do" either -- I pick out their food. I do an excellent job of providing my kids with healthy food and teaching them the importance of eating healthy food, and it would be helpful if the school backed up the idea of eating healthy. We do our fair share (sometimes more than our fair share, depending on the schedule) of eating junk food and sugary foods. I expect them to be given healthy choices at school, and leave it to us to let our kids eat crap at our own discretion.[/quote]

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