I'd like to know what is considered "junk" food. Is it just cookies, candy, and lunchables? What about all the other crap (high-sugar yogurt, granola bars filled with sugar, "fruit" chews, etc.). Do the schools prohibit those too? If not, then these rules are ridiculous and inconsistent, IMO.

Sigh. School is about rules that work for the majority of people. So maybe your kid is thin and your kid doesn't get high off sugar and preservatives, but other kids do. So they prohibit for everyone. Duh. Maybe your kid doesn't act out super hero characters because of a cartoon lunchbox but others kids do, so no cartoon lunch boxes. Just go along with it, it won't kill your kid not to have candy for lunch. If you get this upset this early in the year because of this small thing, you are in for a long hard year.

Anonymous wrote:I thought the idea that sugar makes kids hyper was debunked by science?
My dc get a little treat in their lunch almost every day. BFD.

That's debatable. But sugar is really bad stuff:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html?_r=2

Anonymous wrote:I thought the idea that sugar makes kids hyper was debunked by science?
My dc get a little treat in their lunch almost every day. BFD.

Great. Then don't send DC to a school that prohibits treats.

I thought the idea that sugar makes kids hyper was debunked by science?
My dc get a little treat in their lunch almost every day. BFD.

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Anonymous wrote:This is too funny. DD and I have had so many chuckles about heavy girls whose moms were thin perfect exercise obsessed. The nutrition zealots at schools often had the most un-fit kids.

You sound like an awesome role model.

Yeah. Nice. Teach your kid to laugh at the fat girls.

Have to say it: wow . . . just wow.

I like the rules because it gives me an excuse for telling DH not to pack junk food in the kids' lunches! He'll do it at any opportunity, but at least I can say "it's the school rule" rather than just because I say so.

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For example, Yu Ying bans ALL NUTS from the school. No peanut butter sandwiches. Kind of ridiculous - I understand some kids have bad nut allergies, but why do we have to assume the whole school does? And why can't the kids with allergies be taught what they must avoid?

Actually, for some kids it is not a matter of what they must avoid. MOST kids with nut allergies are VERY clear on what they can have. The issue is that some kids have allergic reactions at the slightest contact. So if a kid before them at a lunch table or a desk had peanuts and left residue, that triggers an allergic reaction in some kids.

At my DS' school (midsize private), they have a couple kids who have very severe nut allergies. They have a designated area for them to eat lunch and all the kids understand that nuts are not allowed in that area. The teachers in their classes also wipe down their desks before class. And all the staff has been trained to deal with episodes as well. I guess it is a slight hassle but it is not that big of a deal.

Anonymous wrote:This is too funny. DD and I have had so many chuckles about heavy girls whose moms were thin perfect exercise obsessed. The nutrition zealots at schools often had the most un-fit kids.

Nice to see that at least the mean girl thing gets passed on directly!

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Anonymous wrote:This is too funny. DD and I have had so many chuckles about heavy girls whose moms were thin perfect exercise obsessed. The nutrition zealots at schools often had the most un-fit kids.

You sound like an awesome role model.

Yeah. Nice. Teach your kid to laugh at the fat girls.

Anonymous wrote:This is too funny. DD and I have had so many chuckles about heavy girls whose moms were thin perfect exercise obsessed. The nutrition zealots at schools often had the most un-fit kids.

You sound like an awesome role model.

Honestly, if you are looking at it from a “big brother” or a “parental control” perspective, you may have already missed the point.

It does not bother me at all….simply because I asked the principal “why?” The answer that I got made sense to me. The healthy eating portion was a factor. But the primary answer was that some parents were packing high sodium and high sugar lunches and the kids were hyper for a while and then crashing about an hour after lunch. They figured out that most of the discipline and behavioral problems occurred within that period.

My kids eat pretty healthy because we had to change our household diet (because of DH’s heart attack), but it was not an issue at school that I would fall on my sword about. So…my kids get their “junk” snacks when they get home. No biggie.

What irks me are the parents who compete like crazy to win the coveted private school spot and then complain about the school's rules. Why not just teach your kids by example -- follow the rules or have them changed? But to just ignore the rules you don't like isn't setting a good example.

I love when schools have these rules. My kids always get a healthy lunch and come home complaining about how all of the other kids have candy and cupcakes and McDonald's happy meals in their lunches. They beg me to put these things in their lunches too.

This is too funny. DD and I have had so many chuckles about heavy girls whose moms were thin perfect exercise obsessed. The nutrition zealots at schools often had the most un-fit kids.