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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The stay at home moms are welcome to volunteer for snack time duties.  Meanwhile the rest of us have better things to do.[/quote]

Why do you assume someone that cares about nutrition is a stay at home mom?[/quote]

Why do you assume one small daily snack at school has any impact on overall nutrition?  It doesn’t.[/quote]

Because it building a daily habit that does over time affect overall health...[/quote]

School providing a small snack is not a habit.  It is what happens at school.  Parent your kids when they are outside of school.[/quote]

Saying a daily practice ‘isn’t a habit’ doesn’t really match how habits work. Parenting includes choosing environments and advocating for the best interest of your child. That’s exactly why some of us pay attention to school routines.  Maybe if you actually parented your kids their diet wouldn't be so limited that offering a healthy snack left you concerned whether your kid would eat...[/quote]

If you were truly interested in a positive environment for 6 or 8 or 12 years, you’d think harder about the level of entitlement your child is exposed to every day.

But no, it’s the goldfish you’re worried about. [/quote]

If caring about daily nutrition is framed as entitlement, I think we just have very different standards for what defines a strong school environment...[/quote]

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