13 year old son in trouble for selling Pepsi at school

DVardysShadow

emz100 wrote: »

... My son and some of his peers where then being targeted by this group to buy the drinks or else get a thump! So whilst some might say o he's doing no harm it can lead onto other things.

Stopping the sale of drinks will have the consequences that the victims just have to hand over the money or get a thump. This deprives the victims of a drink for their money and saves the perpetrators the bother of buying the drinks.

School are being ineffectual here. They should get to the heart of the matter and stop the demands for money and the thumping.

jellyhead

shellsuit wrote: »

My kids are fit and healthy, are of a normal weight, and all were bottle fed and had baby jars now and again, so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make?

I think the point is that breastfeeding babies, and possibly those with a bowl of food, will make their own decision as to when they are full whereas most parents would give the whole bottle or jar instead of letting the baby choose when to stop. Babies who choose when they are full end up better able to regulate their appetite.

Mine were bottle fed and jar fed (not for every meal, but I didn't worry about giving them jars), but it's fairly obvious when they are full, and I did different amounts in each bottle depending on how much they were likely to want at various times, then made extra if they were hungrier than normal.

I've read about breastfeeding leading to a child with a better idea of when they are full, but it didn't make much sense to me because my children regulated their own appetites and I never made them finish a bottle or jar if they had enough. Not all mums are going to stick to a rigid 4-hourly schedule with the same amount in each bottle.

I can't say mine are healthy weights though - 1 is very underweight and the other 1 is obese.