Schools contribute to shame and craving of "forbidden foods"

More insanity with the schools around food... It is getting worse, people. When it happens to your child, please make a stand and tell the schools it's not OK...My daughter's school is a "sweet-free zone". There is even a poster in one of the classes that shows a cupcake with a big slash through it and a big declaration, "This is a sweet-free zone!" M came home the other day  confused as to why Mrs. W. was giving the other teachers brownies, but not the kids... Handing out brownies to the teachers, in front of the kids, and none for the kids, and it's in theory, verboten? It is all so messed up, I find myself routinely throwing my hands in the air, and a big "Really!?"From my facebook page a reader shares: "My kindergartener last year had her fruit Gushers that I had packed for her snack to take to school taken away and held up in front of the class as an example of what not to bring for a snack. Also my then 1st grader a few years ago took a packed lunch to school and I had packed a small snack sized Skittles pkg for a surprise dessert and she was horrified when 2 of the lunch ladies argued over the top of her in front of her friends whether or not she should be allowed to eat it. In both instances the school had to listen to a tongue-lashing from me. I was shocked when the head Nutrition Services said it was probably okay for my daughter to eat the Skittles since she is not "overweight".  So if she were she couldn't eat them?...This is wrong on so many levels. A North Carolina school forcing kids to take a full lunch when the packed meal lacked a "vegetable," kids being told to eat "real" food before desserts.What have you encountered? Will they next serve different foods to "overweight" kids, refuse to let them have 1% milk, or scold them if they choose a dessert? None of this is helping our kids learn to eat and enjoy food. What these kids experienced at the hands of the school officials was a hostile environment, can I even say, bullying?More "school nutrition" horror stories...My post about "sweet free" schools and a healthier approach.

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