just because some kids have the tools to resist the advertising and food conditioning you're assuming every kid has them.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > So because you don't like your kid eating certain things, every kid should > do the same? > > Sent from my iPhone 4S. > > On Jun 28, 2013, at 10:59 AM, "Scott Raley" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Our issue is there is no regulation at the school. So we have to have an > > account in case our daughter or wife forgets to put the lunch in her bag > she > > needs to eat and gets what the school offers. She has an issue with the > red > > dye problems but there is no one there to tell her no and sometimes > although > > she knows its wrong she will eat it anyways and be wired when she gets > home. > > Sometimes this effects school work because she eats so early (School > starts > > at 845 and she is first class to eat at 1050). If we make chocolate and > she > > takes it in her lunch great, but its like when I went to school and could > > just buy ice cream for the day. They didn't check our lunch cards as > long as > > we had cash. I don't need my kids doing that. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 8:07 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: What do you all think of this? > > > > > > > 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:365023 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
