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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m just cracking up at this. I work in a public school as a kindergarten aide. We have to supervise K lunch. I couldn’t care less what your child packs or eats. I’m there to make sure they stay seated, don’t bother their neighbor, and clean up when lunch is over and line up nicely. That is all. If you could avoid packages and containers I have to open for them, that would be awesome. [/quote]

Exactly!  [/quote]

It’s the bare minimum. At least the preschool teacher is paying attention and isn’t just someone with a pulse.[/quote]
My kid goes to public preschool, and she told me for breakfast yesterday they had a chocolate bar (granola) and a cup of fruit (syrup and canned fruit). With chocolate milk. I’m pretty sure it covered 250% of my child‘s weekly recommended sugar intake, in one sugary meal at 8 am. Thank you, government![/quote]

Surely there are at least a few choices? I've never yet seen ONLY chocolate milk offered in school for any meal, for instance.

I know. You're not there to hold your kid's hand during public school breakfast.

But if there were other choices offered, like plain milk or a granola bar that didn't have chocolate, or a piece of fruit instead of a "fruit cup" -- well, please don't snark at "government." Instead, talk to your child about choices.

You'll probably say, the school shouldn't have those sugary choices available at all. And I agree with that. But I also know the schools can't win no matter what; if they eliminated those foods, they'd probably get blowback from parents who say their kids ate no school breakfast because Johnny hates plain milk and whole fruit or whatever. You can't control that but you can only talk to your kid about choices over and over, or send a packed breakfast and lunch. Snarking at the "government' won't help your kid make a different choice at lunch on Monday. [/quote]

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