No I am not. I am saying that the kids who can resist shouldn't have to suffer because if the ones who can't. And I don't mean suffer in the literal sense either.
Sent from my iPhone 4S. On Jun 28, 2013, at 2:22 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:365024 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
