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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Individual schools can’t do anything about the food issue. It’s due to low school lunch reimbursement rates & Tyson lobbying to have their crap served to kids.[/quote]

That's true about school lunch but not true about all the garbage handed out by teachers as rewards or given out/sold at school events. My kid knows all about Doritos, every possible kind of candy, etc., because this stuff gets served during class parties, given out at the end of the week as a reward for doing well, and is present at every school event.

[b]If you suggest creating school policies that encourage healthier eating by ensuring the kids are provided with healthy snacks and there is less overall junk, you will be accused of being classist or racist or both.[/b][/quote]

This!!!! And I do not think teachers should be allowed to hand out food. [/quote]

+1. So many teachers give out candy as a reward. I’m surprised they don’t have to get parent permission for that.[/quote]
Hard to believe that ANYONE with a four year college degree can think candy is a good thing for developing children. So few people seem to care. Or are they that stupid? Or evil?[/quote]

Neither stupid or evil, they are just lazy. Teachers who use candy and junk food as "teaching tools" are aware, on some level, that it's bad for kids. But they are tired and trying to get through the day. I think there is a direct link between the presence of junk food and screens in the classroom and burnout among public school teachers -- just like a lot of parents are resorting to not-great parenting due to stress and overwhelm, teachers are using the same tactics. It's not stupidity or even intentional wrongdoing, just laziness and reaching for the easiest short-term solution. And burned out teachers have even less incentive to make better choices because they don't have to deal with the longterm consequences of raising kids this way. The kids move on to the next great and are no longe their problem. Plus I bet you anything that most teachers who are handing out junk food in class are near retirement age and just counting the days until their pension vests.[/quote]

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