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Teachers, parents and upbringing. (pg. 2)
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| Esiotrat |
If the teachers notice a pattern of unhealthy foods, I don't think it's out of line to send some information home with the kid to try to inform the parent and I also don't think there's a problem with schools or teachers helping out a parent or family who asks for more information.
I applaud courses on good nutrition and I'm fully behind schools cutting the crap out of the cafeteria and vending machines to help encourage good habits. That's all I'm saying. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
There are no laws against feeding kids junk. |
There should be. Of course, any such law would be impractical and impossible to enforce. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Enigmatik
If the teachers notice a pattern of unhealthy foods, I don't think it's out of line to send some information home with the kid to try to inform the parent and I also don't think there's a problem with schools or teachers helping out a parent or family who asks for more information.
I applaud courses on good nutrition and I'm fully behind schools cutting the crap out of the cafeteria and vending machines to help encourage good habits. That's all I'm saying. |
Oh yeah, for sure. but if a parent continues to feed their children garbage, then that’s just tough, wobbly titties for them.
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated the childhood fatty
There should be. |
Why? Raising your child poorly is an inalienable right enshrined in everyone’s scrotum or ovaries. |
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| Domesticated |
| No it's not. No more than a parent has the right to choose their child's religion. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
No it's not. No more than a parent has the right to choose their child's religion. |
Im sorry to disappoint you but a parent has exactly that right. Which world have you been living on? :conf:
There are no laws against bad parenting. Nor could there be either, because nobody would ever agree on the statutes. |
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| Schadenfreude |
| yet they do this constantly. |
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| Schadenfreude |
| master plan guys, think about it. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
There should be. |
Because a parent isn't allowed to make decisions on behalf of the child but the government is? |
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| igottaknow |
| 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. |
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| Schadenfreude |
| how are you going to lure them into the van with apples man? |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by igottaknow
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. |
This is why the whole notion is ed up. I ate sugary items and drank Coke every day of school and I was both one of the fastest cross-country runners in my year with a BMI of about 18. Stay the out of people's lives. |
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| Schadenfreude |
| gingers are never big:p |
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