Does your child's school still let you make cupcakes?

We are allowed to bring homemade cupcakes, but I know there are many schools that require store bought.

That's just dumb. If you were going to poison the kids, you could still add it to the store bought ones. I'm sure that's part of the reasoning behind it, otherwise it just doesn't make sense.

We are actually encouraged to bring in homemade treats. What is the reasoning with the rule at your school? Is it because of children's allergies? So they can see the ingredient listings? Is it to insure healthy preparation? Seems veeeerry expensive to me.

I am not sure but I do not think so. I think that they have to be store bought because of all the allergies that are about so they can read on the packets what exactly has gone into them. I would never make any anyway, I mean I can cook in fact I am pretty good at cakes, not blowing my own trumpet it is about the one thing I can bake! But I would die if I saw someone eat one and heard them say it was horrible or something!

Tje schools in this area refuse to let people bring homemade goodies to school. I think it is wrong. They say it is for safety issues. But how many children have you ever heard of being harmed by home made treats. Some of it is also because their is no lable on what you home bake so they do not know the allergy issue. But then would it not be just as simple to require that parents who bring treats state the ingredients as to whether or not the contain allergens.

When we lived in the city my son's school would not let you bring in homemade treats. He started at the school he currently attends a few days before his birthday a few years ago. I asked the teacher if we were allowed to bring in homemade treats or if they had to be store bought and she said homemade was fine. She thought it was odd that his old school did not allow it.

Our school still does. I wasn't sure if I could because they made a big thing about sending healthy snacks for the kids too school. But when it was my daughters birthday I checked and they said it was fine to send cupcakes. I baked them for her class and it wasn't a problem. I guess they are worried someone will poison the kids or something.

I think it's because of kids allergies. Like peanuts. Some of those are deadly if you aren't careful. I actually think it's a good idea. Better than having some kid in the hospital.

It's not my child (he's only 6mos) but my niece's school does allow homemade food brought in. She goes to a small christian school in Hawaii, where the families are all very involved. But when I was in school, which was a public school in Oregon, homemade wasn't allowed either.

It's a toss up it's cheaper to make it at home, but do you really trust another person you really don't know to prepare your kids food. On the most part I'd say yes but your always thinking about the one time or the little slip up that could occur. But in all reality it could also happen with store bought too!

Nutrition may have something to do with it, but I know all the schools here in Hamilton absolutely do not let homemade food in the buildings. They are even strict with their lunches, because of peanut allergies. No PB sandwiches, no cookies, muffins...nothing at all that could have come in contact with nuts. They also tell you not to feed them peanut butter on toast in the morning. Sounds a little extreme to most people but I think that if it were my child deathly allergic to nuts I would take extreme precautions as well. Cant blame them.