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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When did parties become this giant thing?

To me, as a teacher, an appropriate party starts 15 minutes before dismissal or before the Halloween parade starts.  It has 1 treat, like cupcakes or cookies or brownies, and juice boxes if you want to splurge.  It has one activity which does not need to cost anything.  If it is a party to which parents are invited, it might be singing a song, or reading our latest poems.  If it is Halloween then it’s the parade.  Otherwise it might be going onto the playground to play wizards, giants and elves, or hot potato or musical chairs in the classroom, or a quick dance party. It might be decorating sugar cookies, if that is the one snack.  If there are decorations they are paper chains and pictures the kids made the last time it was indoor recess.

Anything more than that is teaching the kids the wrong things about nutrition, consumption, and their own agency.  It is harmful.  So, no, if I know you are planning pizza, and crafts, and anything that lasts longer than 20 minutes, I am not giving money to that.  My kid will be there because I can’t just leave  work to pick him up, and he will eat the pizza because it’s there.  But I will be disappointed that it happened.

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You should take off and get your kid if you don’t like how it is done and will not contribute.  Solves the problem for everyone.  If work is a priority then you can throw in a few dollars or buy something to donate.   It’s not harmful to have a slice of pizza and cake if it’s not a regular thing.  But, if it’s harmful, it’s probably because you feed your kid crap at home.  Just get your kid or opt them out. [/quote]
The law dictates that children attend school. It does not dictate that there be a parent funded pizza party with apparently the priciest pizza on the planet every month.[/quote]

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