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Re: Teachers, parents and upbringing.
| quote: | Originally posted by Enigmatik
I came across an article online that states that head teachers' leaders fear they could be forced to snoop in children's lunch boxes under plans to tackle obesity.
What are your thoughts on this?.. How much input from teachers into the lives of children is appropriate?
I know that in an ideal world all children would be well brought up and healthily fed by their parents... However, in shcools where this is not always the case to what extent are teachers to replace that upbringing?
My own opinion is as much as necessary and practical.
If a child is being brought up poorly, whether behaviouraly or in terms of diet, then intervention that potentially circomvents the parent is for the best of both the child and the greater society that that child will grow to be part of.
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I worked at a charter school. We had some basic rules about what students could bring for lunch. No soda allowed and no sugary items for snack time. If we saw it we confiscated it. But besides that they were free to eat any crap they wanted like baloney sandwich. The biggest things public schools could do would be to offer a health lunch. A lot of schools today let kids pick whatever they want. So they could get 3 slices of pizza and a soda. Generally speaking federal subsidies encourage an unhealthy and unappetizing foods, such as canned fruits/vegetables instead of fresh and high fat foods like hamburger/cheese/meatloaf/pizza/etc.
I'm and advocate of sensible limits and healthy choices that taste good. But in order for that to happen the school would have to turn down government canned food and pay chefs who know how to cook.
I believe either chef Ramsey or the Naked chef started an experimental program where actually healthy food that tasted good was served.
Last edited by igottaknow on Jan-21-2010 at 02:34
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