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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are not watching out for this you should be.

On a daily basis I have kids bringing for snack (not dessert):

[b]Packaged muffins, cookies, brownies,[/b] Doritos, cheetos. And the quantities they are bringing are astounding too.

This is terrible brain food. It makes them sleepy, unfocused and it’s terrible for their health too![/quote]

At our school they hand these out for breakfast- well not "cookies" but sweet muffins and pastries.  Plus juice or chocolate milk.  I agree it's terrible for the reasons you state but this is far from just a problem of poor parenting.[/quote]

Agreed, I'm FAR from a strict healthy eating parent - my kids eat stuff like cereal, zucchini bread, etc for breakfast - but the school menu is completely ridiculous. Stuff like a sleeve of 6 mini chocolate donuts for breakfast, the "packaged muffins" OP hates so much, cinnamon rolls....[/quote]

I don’t understand this at all. It’s like parents are using something objectively bad that the school district is doing to say, “See!! The school does it so it must be totally ok for me to do it to!” You can’t be serious. I have several low income students who qualify for free school meals and their parents would never let them eat that junk. They are some of my healthiest students.

Meanwhile Mr. I-missed-school-for-2–different-Disney-Cruises-this-year wouldn’t know a non-processed food if it hit him on the head. [/quote]

I didn't say it was "ok for me to do it too." I said I'm not super strict and I'm still horrified by school breakfast as often as not. I just think teachers should maybe calm down with the parent-blaming when foods just as bad are literally being served in their classrooms as actual meals. [/quote]

Teachers have no say over the food served at school, and thankfully at my school food is not served in the classroom. We have very few low income too. But we do have lots of overweight kids (it really picks up by third grad which is my grade) and tons of processed food. I was under the impression that kids were packing the junk and parents were just not paying attention. Imagine my shock that parents think the cookies and chips are just fine and not hurting anyone. This thread has been so enlightening![/quote]

Maybe not you- but at my children’s schools, the teachers are passing out lots of junk as rewards and incentives all the time.  This is entirely separate and in addition to the garbage breakfast and lunch thrown at them [/quote]

This time of year in particular. My kid comes home with a bag of Doritos or some kind of candy probably 2-3 days a week. We are somewhat fortunate at the moment because she currently has braces and that is making it easier to have a total ban on chips and any hard or gummy candy (we let her have chocolate candy if it's given to her, whatever).

My spouse and I sometimes joke that they should just reach to to Doritos and ask for a formal sponsorship for the school. If the kids are going to be eating Doritos at school as often as they are, surely they can get a brand new playground or sports field in the deal. "Dorito Field at XYZ Elementary". Then at least they could play soccer on a state of the art field before refueling with Doritos and ring pops.[/quote]

Our school passes out snacks during MCAP testing. They were purchased by the school, not the teachers. Just an FYI. They also pay for a snowball truck after testing is done as a treat. Ditto for field day. Snacks purchased by the school are passed out. [/quote]

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