Food Police

[ElliottCarasDad]

I wonder what others thoughts are on this...

http://www.prisonplanet.com/food-pol...a-nuggets.html

[GavinH]

This is just another case of our government overreaching. When they declared that pizza was a vegetable I knew that there was no longer any hope of finding intelligent life in DC (or our local leadership). If we are not careful we, as parents, will have no rights or authority left at all.

Vote the bums out .....

[Incogneato]

I'm not sure what her substitute meal consisted of, but I don't know why they didn't let her eat her normal lunch and just supplement it with whatever they thought she was lacking...

[Father_0f_7]

I think it's the most ridiculous thing in the world and I would be absolutely livid if someone "substituted" my children's lunch because "they" didn't think it was appropriate.

(When) I pack my children's lunches I pack them what they NEED, what I KNOW they will eat. I pack what Billy needs based on his blood sugar that morning. I pack Kaitlyn's lunch based on what I know she will eat, or else she won't eat anything...she's stubborn like that.

[ElliottCarasDad]

Originally Posted by Father_0f_7

I think it's the most ridiculous thing in the world and I would be absolutely livid if someone "substituted" my children's lunch because "they" didn't think it was appropriate.

(When) I pack my children's lunches I pack them what they NEED, what I KNOW they will eat. I pack what Billy needs based on his blood sugar that morning. I pack Kaitlyn's lunch based on what I know she will eat, or else she won't eat anything...she's stubborn like that.

That was my thoughts exactly.

Its one meal out of the day. Anything a parent could throw in for protein is better than a generic chicken nugget

[mom2many]

I honestly am at a a loss for words...chicken nuggets are better then a turkey and cheese sandwich? What about the department of Ag agent? Shouldn't he be out inspecting our food chain and not worrying about the lunch of a kindergartner?

I will decide what my kids do and do not eat. Not the government, If I want them eating lunch at school then that is what I will do. If I want to pack it then that is what I will do. These are my choices to make...not the USDA's. which are a bunch of idiots half the time anyways.

[bssage]

I agree but the full story finished with

The note explained how students who did not bring “healthy lunches” would be offered the missing portions and that parents could be charged for the cost of the cafeteria food, the Journal reports.

Maybe the little girl was offered and accepted the nuggets. I also saw that the policy suggest they would supplement what the student brought. Saw nothing about replacing what they brought.

The story kinda implied that they food was replaced by the worker. While that may be the case. Its not the policy I see in the article.

[TabascoNatalie]

i wonder how would they respond to a vegetarian or vegan lunch

[ElliottCarasDad]

Originally Posted by TabascoNatalie

i wonder how would they respond to a vegetarian or vegan lunch

That's probably child-abuse and social services would be called in

[Jeremy+3]

Some of the lunches I see make me genuinely think that some parents are mental, you get things like chocolate spread sandwiches, or sandwiches with reformed ham in which is water, sugar, additives and a teeny weeny bit of ham, mmm nutritious!

Or you get the children with cheese sandwich, bag of crisps, biscuit and a bottle of pop, here we come type 2 diabetes!

The fact that schools now have no choice but to ensure certain nutritional levels is met isn't bad, the fact that we have to do it is bad, if people can't even be bothered to feed their children properly they aren't likely to be excelling in any areas.