You're right that parents can send their kids to school with whatever they want. That was not what I was getting at. I'm saying that in addition to healthy food, they can still have the soda and candy/snack machine. If the parents don't want their kids eating that stuff, don't give them money to buy it.
Sent from my iPhone 4S. On Jun 28, 2013, at 1:37 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > School districts choose which foods to make available in the schools. They > should make healthy choices. If I send a treat with my daughter in her > lunch box, then that is my decision as a parent. > > As far as I can tell from that article, there isn't a policy banning > parents from giving their kids sugary snacks in their lunches. It is just > centered on the notion that school districts should make sure that the > choices that they provide are healthy. That seems like an entirely > reasonable balance to me. > > Judah > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 5:07 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/06/28/retired-general-gets-junk-food-out-of-schools.html?ESRC=eb.nl >> >> My thoughts are this. If a child is eligible for free or reduced-cost >> meals in school, then yes, you can control what they eat in school. >> However, if the school offers an a la carte menu as well, and the kid has >> the money to buy these items, then they should be free to buy whatever they >> want. I mean, if a kid wants to have a cup cake in school, they will either >> buy it or bring one from home. >> >> Now of course I can see the side where you have health conscious parents >> who do not allow junk food in their house, and they send their kid to >> school and don't want them buying junk food. But the temptation is there >> and unless the kid is well disciplined, they just might go ahead and thumb >> their nose at their parents and eat a bag of Doritos and wash it down with >> a monster. These are the kind of parents that will welcome this decision. >> But again, I think that kids should be able to eat whatever they want if >> it's offered. I see this as yet another example of lazy parents letting the >> school raise their kids. >> >> It was really nice back in the stone age when I was in school, and all the >> school did was educate. They left the raising of the kids to the parents. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:365019 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
