The Lunch Police

mhaas28 · February 2012

https://www.39online.com/entertainment/onlinedish/kiah-online-dish-preschoolers-lunch-confiscated-for-being-unhealthy-story,0,2109598.story

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This lunch was perfectly fine. Even more so considering the little girl only ate 3 chicken nuggets from the meal she was forced to eat. Big Brother is going a little overboard in my opinion.

Twirple · February 2012

That sounds like pretty much every lunch I took to school growing up. This is crazy! I don't understand how they can tell us what our kids should be eating. It's not like this girls lunch consisted of Twinkies, chips and soda. Hello Big Brother.

JenniCollins · February 2012

That's crazy! I can't believe somebody inspects the lunches! I would be pissed if that was my kid.

ams8099 · February 2012

They should have just given her a carton of milk.

shaindelr · February 2012

What if your religion/ethics requires you to be vegetarian? If they can't tell that a turkey sandwich is healthier than chicken nuggets, I wouldn't trust them to know what foods might be packed in a vegetarian kid's lunch. Sheesh.

mhaas28 · February 2012

Scout2005:
I'm totally befuddle by that story. Never mind that her lunch was healthy enough as it is, I really don't know that I think schools should be allowed to toss food provided by the parents without at least a phone call home to talk it over.
And yes, I know schools are busy and overworked and don't have time to do something like that for every kid, but this is serious overstepping and I would have been really mad if I were her parents.

The parents now have to pay $1.25 for her new lunch! If you are forcing a child to throw away their healthy lunch the parents deserve a phone call so they can tell the school how stupid they are being! This little girl's lunch is what I ate all the time for lunch growing up. I was never anywhere near being overweight, if this is what the school is concerned about.

LadyXaverian · February 2012

ams8099:
They should have just given her a carton of milk.

Agreed, but honestly, does cheese not count as a dairy product anymore? There was cheese on her sandwich. She had 2 pieces of fruit, which is supposedly ok (in place of a veggie. I can't figure out what was unacceptable about her lunch!!

And even if Mom did send a twinkie and a coke, it's NOT. THEIR. BUSINESS. As a PP said, it's one thing to "suggest" and "educate", but it's another thing to police sack lunches. Ridiculous.

ams8099 · February 2012

SarahL77:
ams8099:
They should have just given her a carton of milk.
Agreed, but honestly, does cheese not count as a dairy product anymore? There was cheese on her sandwich. She had 2 pieces of fruit, which is supposedly ok (in place of a veggie. I can't figure out what was unacceptable about her lunch!!
And even if Mom did send a twinkie and a coke, it's NOT. THEIR. BUSINESS. As a PP said, it's one thing to "suggest" and "educate", but it's another thing to police sack lunches. Ridiculous.

Especially when in some states, ketchup is considered a veggie!

LadyXaverian · February 2012

ams8099:
SarahL77:

ams8099:
They should have just given her a carton of milk.

Agreed, but honestly, does cheese not count as a dairy product anymore? There was cheese on her sandwich. She had 2 pieces of fruit, which is supposedly ok (in place of a veggie. I can't figure out what was unacceptable about her lunch!!

And even if Mom did send a twinkie and a coke, it's NOT. THEIR. BUSINESS. As a PP said, it's one thing to "suggest" and "educate", but it's another thing to police sack lunches. Ridiculous.

Especially when in some states, ketchup is considered a veggie!

Bahahahaaaa!!!

LynsiBHM · February 2012

If this is the situation when my son is in school, i'm homeschooling. Angry

And FWIW, that is pretty much my daily lunch! haha

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