Teaching is raising kids. Always has been. That's how parenting works. You teach by example. If you teach, as a school, "You should make healthy food choices because of X, Y, and Z" and then give the kids mostly crappy food choices, then you are not sending a consistent message. Teach by example. Use actions as well as words.
Cheers, Judah On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > > And that goes back to what I ended my message with. When I was in school > we could eat whatever we wanted as long as we had the money. The good ole > days when schools just taught and not raise kids. > > Sent from my iPhone 4S. > > On Jun 28, 2013, at 8:51 AM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > If they were consenting adults then yes its their decision. That said its > > not that difficult to manipulate kids to go for fatty sugary food and > > drink. You cannot stop the exposure to adds touting high fructose corn > > syrup laden drinks. The kids don't have the tools yet to make that > > decision. So by discouraging junk food in the schools, it assists - it > > provides them a delay long enough until they understand the decisions > they > > make and have the cognitive tools to decide for themselves. > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 8:07 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:365061 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
