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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure people outside your bubble really feel as strongly about this as you do.

I have no issue with screen time. Children need to be technically capable. I spend my entire work day staring at a screen. This is how professional jobs are structured. I want the schools teaching my kid how to use technology - including learning on screens.

I also don’t understand the outrage over occasional snacks for celebration. DC had a parent once that organized a “garden” party where the students celebrated an event with carrots and celery. The students thought it sucked - because it does suck. Your household rules of no sugar ever do not match most the nation. It’s not really fair to the other students to have your views pushed upon them. [/quote]

It’s not “pushing our views” on everyone to say that we shouldn’t provide free junk and bad habits to every kid in the country. That’s our money we’re talking about spending. And then it’s our money that has to go into medical care and therapies to try to fix the damage done by it. You think that not handing out cocaine for free on street corners, courtesy of the US taxpayers, is some of us “pushing our views” onto everyone else? We’re not talking about banning junk entirely but we don’t want our money paying for it.[/quote]

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