Anonymous wrote:🤣 nooooooooo come on now you're just being ridiculous! You've never met a kid who like carrots? They are a toddler food go to! They don't just loose that as they get older...

What are you gonna question next? Bananas? Yogurt? Berries? Nuts? Cheese?

Is the toddlers sustain on berries and cheese a fairytale to you?

the average toddler is not eating a carrot stick as a snack - some may but many do not. A school snack has to cater to the many. also actually yes they do lose that as they get older - palates change - as 1 year olds, my kids loved veggies. As they got older, they did not.

I’d be fine with yogurt and berries, but are you cool with go-gurts or flavored yogurts? Because I’m not sure that’s significantly better than goldfish. I am legitimately wondering if people consider cheese healthy now based on these responses.

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Anonymous wrote:One certainty: The parents dissing others for caring about the quality of school snacks are the ones who have always fed their kids convenience foods -- chicken nuggets, sugar cereal, heat-and-eat mac and cheese -- because "that's all toddlers will eat!"

Chances are their kids and they themselves are unhealthy. But they are annoyed that other people care about healthy food because it exposes the BS behind their approach.

YUP! the irony is this thread started with someone caring enough to raise it to ask what action could be done and decided to do the actions that were suggested by those who showed care at the start of the thread. Caring is usually what leads to action.

Have you brought this up to the actual school or do you really think complaining anonymously online constitutes meaningful action?

I chose one of the schools whose food choices aligned with what I was comfortable with and suggested OP speak with their admin. That’s already been covered upthread.

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Anonymous wrote:One certainty: The parents dissing others for caring about the quality of school snacks are the ones who have always fed their kids convenience foods -- chicken nuggets, sugar cereal, heat-and-eat mac and cheese -- because "that's all toddlers will eat!"

Chances are their kids and they themselves are unhealthy. But they are annoyed that other people care about healthy food because it exposes the BS behind their approach.

YUP! the irony is this thread started with someone caring enough to raise it to ask what action could be done and decided to do the actions that were suggested by those who showed care at the start of the thread. Caring is usually what leads to action.

Have you brought this up to the actual school or do you really think complaining anonymously online constitutes meaningful action?

Anonymous wrote:One certainty: The parents dissing others for caring about the quality of school snacks are the ones who have always fed their kids convenience foods -- chicken nuggets, sugar cereal, heat-and-eat mac and cheese -- because "that's all toddlers will eat!"

Chances are their kids and they themselves are unhealthy. But they are annoyed that other people care about healthy food because it exposes the BS behind their approach.

It’s funny that you would assume this. It’s all black and white thinking, I guess. You think people either eat clean, health foods 100% of the time, or junk 100% of the time. No balance, no middle ground in your world.

Anonymous wrote:One certainty: The parents dissing others for caring about the quality of school snacks are the ones who have always fed their kids convenience foods -- chicken nuggets, sugar cereal, heat-and-eat mac and cheese -- because "that's all toddlers will eat!"

Chances are their kids and they themselves are unhealthy. But they are annoyed that other people care about healthy food because it exposes the BS behind their approach.

YUP! the irony is this thread started with someone caring enough to raise it to ask what action could be done and decided to do the actions that were suggested by those who showed care at the start of the thread. Caring is usually what leads to action.

Anonymous wrote:One certainty: The parents dissing others for caring about the quality of school snacks are the ones who have always fed their kids convenience foods -- chicken nuggets, sugar cereal, heat-and-eat mac and cheese -- because "that's all toddlers will eat!"

Chances are their kids and they themselves are unhealthy. But they are annoyed that other people care about healthy food because it exposes the BS behind their approach.

What steps are you actually taking to improve school snacks? Caring and complaining isn’t going to get the job done.

One certainty: The parents dissing others for caring about the quality of school snacks are the ones who have always fed their kids convenience foods -- chicken nuggets, sugar cereal, heat-and-eat mac and cheese -- because "that's all toddlers will eat!"

Chances are their kids and they themselves are unhealthy. But they are annoyed that other people care about healthy food because it exposes the BS behind their approach.

Anonymous wrote:Funny how a conversation about Goldfish turned into a full-blown referendum on parenting… and somehow the loudest voices were defending buttered noodles and keeping the bar low enough for anyone to step over it.

Turns out the only thing more processed than the snacks… was the conversation.

XOXO,
Gossip Girl 💋

I recall that you were just plain rude to not accept graciously whatever was prepared for you. I guess those manners don’t extend to school.

Funny how a conversation about Goldfish turned into a full-blown referendum on parenting… and somehow the loudest voices were defending buttered noodles and keeping the bar low enough for anyone to step over it.

Turns out the only thing more processed than the snacks… was the conversation.

XOXO,
Gossip Girl 💋

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Anonymous wrote:Either bring your own snacks or shut up about the complementary snacks. All the complaining by stay at home moms with nothing better to do will just make them eliminate the snacks altogether for everyone.

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You aren't allowed...

Anonymous wrote:Either bring your own snacks or shut up about the complementary snacks. All the complaining by stay at home moms with nothing better to do will just make them eliminate the snacks altogether for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:The snacks at Sidwell’s Upper School can range from Chex Mix to elaborate things like housemade Mango Lassi or Tortilla Chips and fresh Salsa.

Upper school gets a snack? That’s so cute.

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Anonymous wrote:Just homeschool your kid if you are that much of a control freak.

calling someone a control freak for caring about what their kid eats is… a take...

A handful of goldfish crackers or pretzels at snack time is not going to matter.

Add up everything the kid eats during the day and think hard about if these goldfish crackers are making a difference. Or is it the other 95% of food that is consumed at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.


Focusing on this 5% shows how truly far gone your mind has become.

I believe OP has stated multiple times it is more than 1 small serving, it IS the overall nutrition throughout the day that is the problem. 95% of the day is school for a kid, so you are expecting that last 5% to compensate and it just doesn't work.

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Anonymous wrote:Just homeschool your kid if you are that much of a control freak.

calling someone a control freak for caring about what their kid eats is… a take...

A handful of goldfish crackers or pretzels at snack time is not going to matter.

Add up everything the kid eats during the day and think hard about if these goldfish crackers are making a difference. Or is it the other 95% of food that is consumed at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.


Focusing on this 5% shows how truly far gone your mind has become.

+100

Anonymous wrote:Little kids, little problems. Nobody obsesses over diet more than the parents of the youngest kids who have nothing else to worry about.

So true!