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| Thu, 12-02-2004 - 9:33am |
This is being discussed rather heatedly on another board and I thought it might liven things up since we are soooooo sloooooow.
Are you allowed to eat with your kids? Can you bring in restaurant food? Any guidelines on what you can pack for your kids? Does the school have vendors? Is the school lunch program considered a necessary evil or a money maker for the school?
If there are guidelines on what you can pack, does this make you mad? Does it make you think they are taking

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Beautiful! You explicitly said I said something I did not come close to saying, "<>
Of course not."
and now you're admitting I never said anything even close to what you said I said. Unlike you, I did not put words in your mouth.
"That's what I said in the first place, and was told that kids will give into temptation and buy the sodas in excess and wouldn't do so in moderation." Uh, that's not inconsistent in the least with saying every kid will make good decisions at some times and not others, so why are you arguing with it?
The vending machines in my district are put in, stocked, and maintained by student groups and parent association groups and the profits don't go into the general fund. They go for extras like field trips, band uniforms, whatever -- the stuff that PTAs and student associations are normally raising funds for.
As far as keeping my taxes low by feeding kids sugar and fat, no thanks. I try really hard not to fatten my own pocketbook at the expense of others' well being. Can't avoid it from time to time, but no way am I going to do it willingly.
And if the limits they try and push are over soda, lucky me. Better that battle than one over pot or beer. Do you believe that the only way to teach children responsibility is to give them some responsibility? Or do you bubble wrap them until they get out in the big bad world and let them decide then whether to commit suicide through pepsi?
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