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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I send my child to school everyday with a healthy and balanced lunch that is cooked 80% of the time. She does not need a snack as she gets one afterschool. I do send her with a little dessert for lunch every now and then ( Those flower cookies or mini- sponge cakes from Trader Joe’s or cinnamon twists that I made for her. I am a teacher too so I know what you mean. I have 4 kids in my 2nd grade class who come to school every morning with chips, candy and a Coke. I am dead serious. I do not say anything to them because it is not my place to shame them but when they asked if my kids drink Coke the answer is no as I don’t allow soda in my house along with cereal. [/quote]

Yes, soda and breakfast cereal -- notoriously the same nutritional content.

This is why it's hard to take some of you seriously. I also think a lunch of chips, candy, and soda is a travesty and feel terrible for kids whose parents put so little effort into feeding them a healthy diet. My kid gets a balanced lunch every day involving protein, fruits/veggies, and whole grains. But she's also permitted to eat breakfast cereal and I often put a chocolate milk in her lunch because I worry she doesn't get enough calories and that's the easiest way to ensure she gets fat and protein during the school day when I'm not around to see what she's eating.

I also could see sending a bag of cookies for snack sometimes, as a treat, if her school did snack, which they don't. I don't feel the occasional bag of "junk" will derail an otherwise balanced diet.

Some of you have no idea how ridiculous you sound. You also seem convinced that shaming and condescending will help the kids being fed chips and soda every day when of course it will have the opposite effect. Your sense of superiority is more important to you that actually improving anything for these kids.[/quote]

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