Re: school snack question
- From: cup_o_cakes@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 12 Sep 2006 16:51:12 -0700
Tracey wrote:
Okay, my DD school is trying to enforce 'healthy snacks'. Nevermind my
feelings about the school trying to enforce what I should be feeding my
child, but I have a question about what you all think. They have this
program they call 'snack attack' Every couple of days, during snacktime,
the teacher tells them that it is a snack attack day, and checks everyones
snack. If 100% of the class has healthy snacks as opposed to non healthy
snacks, the class gets a star. The classes with the most stars at the end
of the month or whatever get a special treat (actually, its an extra gym
class, I think).
We have been told to send 'a health snack, no junk food' for snacktime.
Fine, I'm all for that, but ultimately *I* should be deciding what food to
give my kid, not some teacher. Today I sent my daughter to school with
carrots, ranch dressing, and a drink: Minute Maid Fruit Falls flavored
water in a bag (like Capri Suns come in). It is 3% juice, 97% water. There
is *NO SUGAR ADDED*, no corn syrup, nothing like that. Water and a splash
of juice. My daughter likes to drink these (I don't like them, but hey, I'd
rather drink plain water).
She came home from school today telling me that she was thirsty all morning
because her teacher wouldn't let her drink her flavored water during snack
time. Why not? Because it isn't "100% juice".
Huh? Its got no sugar. If she brought in a cup of water with a slice of
lemon in it, the teacher wouldn't complain about that, but this is the same
thing. In my mind, its better for the kid to be drinking water with a
splash of juice (2 carb grams per serving, sugars less than 1g per serving,
and 5 calories) than a serving of 100% juice with a lot more grams of sugar
and calories.
The nutritional label on this product says this for ingredients: "Contains
pure filtered water, grape and pear juices from concentrate, less than 0.5%
of: raspberry, blueberrry, and strawberry juices from concentrate, calcium
citrate (calcium source), Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), natural flavors, citrus
acid (provides tartness), sucralose, acesfulfame potassium."
Am I misinterpreting something, or is the teacher nuts?
BTW, according to the teacher, Goldfish count as a 'healthy snack' (okay,
they are better than other choices, but if you don't consider WATER with
fruit juice flavoring as healthy, how are goldfish healthy?)
Opinions??????
The VERY FIRST THING you should do is find out if this really happened
the way your daughter says it happened. We teachers have a little
saying: I promise not to believe everything your child says happened
at home if you promise not to believe everything you child says
happened at school. I am NOT saying your daughter is lying. I am
saying if adults can misinterpret things, and we can, so can kids. Go
see the teacher, or call her, and in a mild voice just ask what
happened. Say, "My daughter told me she didn't drink her juice during
snack time. Could you tell me what happened?" That is the best way to
handle this. Maybe the teacher did do something terrible, but maybe
she didn't. The first rule of thumb in any situation is to investigate
to find out what really happened and the best way to do that in this
case is to get the teacher to tell you. Don't make her defensive.
Just ask.
.
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