School stopping my child eating chocolate

milliejo

At my sons primary school all children have to have the school dinners which are excellent but on trips out the rule is no chocolate is allowed. This is because of the mess little ones can make with chocolate particularly in hot weather when it melts.

lynzpower

The rules surrounding our children are getting a bit extreme IMO and I didn't realise when I had my daughter she came with a parent hand book with a list of do's and dont's from the government! Surely it's just common sense to give your child a healthy meal? But mind you the people who run our country are clearly lacking in common sense!:rolleyes:

Er didnt you manage to see any of Jamies School Dinners? It clearly isnt COMMON SENSE! Children getting diabetes, osteoporosis, bowel disorders at primary school age? Kids not knowing what vegetables are?? that wasnt the govenrments at fault- it was the parents,

Bennifred

Alikay wrote: »

Fine in theory, until you get a few little horrors bouncing off the walls pumped up on blue pop and Tangfastics disrupting everyone's learning whilst the teacher is powerless to use any sanctions to rein in behaviour! Not to mention the theft and bullying which sweets in the playground have always generated.

Given the choice of foods available I can't imagine anyone would find it a problem to save chocolate for after school and stick with sandwiches, fruit and maybe a bit of plain cake for lunchboxes.

Totally agree with this. Let your children eat sugar at home when you are available to deal with the consequences!:D

devils_vixen

lynzpower wrote: »

Er didnt you manage to see any of Jamies School Dinners? It clearly isnt COMMON SENSE! Children getting diabetes, osteoporosis, bowel disorders at primary school age? Kids not knowing what vegetables are?? that wasnt the govenrments at fault- it was the parents,

Err no I didn't! I didn't need to! My daughter knows the difference between healthy and unhealthy - yes but the governement are not the ones bringing up the child are they? Yet they still feel compelled to tell us parents what we can and cannot do when it comes to OUR children!
I have never eaten veg in about 20 years and no one is to blame - i made the choice, but just because I don't eat it doesn't mean I bring my daughter up not eating them

MUMMYTO2BOYS

lynzpower wrote: »

Er didnt you manage to see any of Jamies School Dinners? It clearly isnt COMMON SENSE! Children getting diabetes, osteoporosis, bowel disorders at primary school age? Kids not knowing what vegetables are?? that wasnt the govenrments at fault- it was the parents,

Have you seen Jamie??? Looks like he should worry more about his own diet!

And my children ate healthily without his input!

lynzpower

devils_vixen wrote: »

Err no I didn't! I didn't need to! I think you did! My daughter knows the difference between healthy and unhealthy good for her! - yes but the governement are not the ones bringing up the child are they? The government end up paying for children with health needs, emotional needs when getting bullied, teachers dealing with children climbing the walls, fighting and stealing sweets- as weve seen inthis thread!Yet they still feel compelled to tell us parents what we can and cannot do when it comes to OUR children! If parents make poor choices for thier childrens welfare then what do you want them to do- stand by and watch the bedlam?
I have never eaten veg in about 20 years and no one is to blame - i made the choice, but just because I don't eat it doesn't mean I bring my daughter up not eating them

I dont get it?

preciousillusions

I am not sure what stance to take on this as i don't have children myself but one thing i am certain of is that i think it is unwise to make children feel like those kinds of foods are overly 'bad' or 'forbidden'. I actually think that in some case while trying to make children more healthy and aware of what they eat they may well send them in the opposite direction of developing eating disorders.

I also wonder, as i am diabetic (type one, nothing to do with weight/intake) at school i used to have a small chocolate bar before sports and PE, what on earth would happen in this situation if the school policed chocolate such as in some cases people are posting about? Would i have had to go out of sight and have my chocolate bar somewhere where the other kids couldn't see? Just...argh.

Of course you get irresponsible parents who send their children to school with loads of junk but there is also the idea that having a chocolate bar or small cake in their lunchbox every now and then won't hurt them. It will infact teach them about 'balanced' diets, instead of denying them such foods which could cause them to fear them (could lead to anorexia) or crave them and perhaps binge on them in secret (bulimia or BED). I know those are extreme situations but they are imo quite a likely outcome of such strict 'policing'.

devils_vixen

lynzpower wrote: »

I dont get it?

Some Children have health needs regardless of diet! I buy fresh I cook fresh but most important of all I cook the food in the way I know my daughter will eat it all! Again it all boils down to common sense not some tv chef! But that's my opinion and it's the way I have lived my life past 5 years and shock horror my daughter has no health issues what so ever! So no I didn't need to watch Jamie Oliver!

AnxiousMum

I have three children in primary school, who have the odd school dinner. They don't get chocolate bars in their packed lunches, but they do get a dessert. It might be a home made jello, chocolate mousse, rice crispie square or whatever, but it's a 'dessert' and not a candy/chocolate bar. I have been told no 'sweets' in their lunch boxes, and I have pointed out that they are having dessert, just as the children on school lunches are getting - hasn't been an issue.
Some of the reasons for the 'no chocolate/sweetie/candy' in lunch boxes: Some kids will eat ONLY the candy bar, and not the lunch
Chocolate -melts, messy - more non educational things for staff to clean up after
The sugar high.......we don't need any more disruption in today's classrooms.
And....candy bars etc. should be a 'treat'......not something you need to have at any time of day.
Alot of chocolate bars contain nuts.......not a good thing to have around a school where a child may have a nut allergy.

With all the birthdays and parents bringing in bags of candy to hand out to the entire class every time there is one, parents lining up outside the classroom with the bags of candy for the kids because they'll have a tantrum if they don't have it right then and there - maybe there is room for less candy in school.

My kids can continue to have their dessert with their packed lunches - and that's been okayed. But.........face it - rules are rules, they are there for whatever reason they are there, and if our children cannot grow up learning to abide by rules when and where they exist, what hope do they have of growing to be proper mature adults who know how to follow the rules of society?
I know it's only a chocolate bar........but if someone can't go 7 hours without one......sorry - there's a problem!

MUMMYTO2BOYS

But school dinner eaters, no matter how well balanced their meal has been, should not eat a sweet dessert after lunch EVERY day.

And nor should packed lunch eating children be banned from taking anything sweet EVERY day.