Pushy Pushy--School dictating what children can bring from home to eat.
By Jesuslovesme
@MsBooklover (3974)
United States
June 13, 2017 7:43pm CST
I have seen what some of the school lunches look like, and if I had children, I would not want them to eat most of it. It is OK to make suggestions to parents regarding nutrition. However, it is wrong to throw away a child's packed lunch. That is wasting food. People are hungry.
A group of parents are furious after a school confiscated their children's snacks for not being healthy e...
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
14 Jun 17
I'm surprised this is happening again. A few years ago a school district was nearly sued because it was confiscating home packed lunches that didn't meet its nutritional guidelines. This practice was ended. School have no business interfering with what a parent gives a child to eat for lunch, unless the items are dangerous or allergenic.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
14 Jun 17
@MsBooklover I hadn't thought of it that way, as a form of control.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
14 Jun 17
@DWDavis There are so many things that the schools have done to be politically correct.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
14 Jun 17
There are some cases that I would have to agree with the school telling kids what they can or can't bring, especially with how bad some children's allergies are.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
14 Jun 17
Schools are able to prohibit certain foods if there are children attending the school who are hyper-allergic to that type of food. While I understand this, and agree with it, it is kind of a shame that 999 kids at a school can be told they can't eat a certain type of food because of 1 kid's allergy.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
14 Jun 17
Each parent needs to be responsible and teach their children about food and their own food allergies.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
14 Jun 17
@DWDavis I think that the one child who has the allergy needs to be educated about his issue. We can also inform the children not to share their food because of that.
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@FourWalls (86875)
• United States
14 Jun 17
Isn't that bullying?
I'd have a lawyer too quickly to talk about.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
15 Jun 17
That is absolutely ridiculous that a teacher would do that. I hope she got reprimanded by the school district, though the article didn't say one way or the other. That piece of pizza in the picture is more unhealthy than the banana bread.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Jun 17
@MsBooklover All pizza looks greasy.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
16 Jun 17
@just4him LOL I never thought of that.
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@MsBooklover (3974)
• United States
16 Jun 17
I agree--and that pizza looks greasy.
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@librarygeek1980 (3137)
• United States
14 Jun 17
Stuff like this is why I get some parents homeschool. I do get the restrictions though, my daughter has a classmate with food allergies.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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14 Jun 17
Sounds like Big Brother is asserting it's ugly head and intruding into what one can and cannot eat. Wonder if this school gets any Government subsidies?
@xstitcher (39068)
• Petaluma, California
9 Oct 17
That is more than ridiculous. First they dictate what the children learn, and now they dictate what they can and can't eat...
