We never had vending machines in school. Water fountains and a soft pretzel booth hat also sold peanuts.
. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:365021 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
