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Originally Posted by Rathji
I think that there is a line where teaching your kids to eat unhealthy is a form of neglect. I don't want to discuss where that line might be exactly, and I assume that most people who have an issue with this story have a problem with where that line is drawn in this case. The school is in charge of keeping my kid safe when I leave them there, and if they think I am neglecting that kid, they better be doing something about it.
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How are they teaching him to eat unhealthy? Its not like they're sending him to school with big macs and fries everyday or cash to go to 7-11 to but slurpees and chocolate bars like we did in our day. This is a hugely loooong way from neglecting their kid, especially if he's eating a balanced diet including his home meals.
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Riley's mother, Natalie Mardle, said his lunch usually consists of a sandwich, yoghurt tube, Dairylea Dunkers cheese spread snack, a packet of Mini Cheddars, and water.
She said Rily eats healthy, well-balanced meals at home, according to the Daily Mail.
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Originally Posted by Rathji
If someone is coming to school with insufficient or inappropriate food, then something else is going on, and the parents need to be educated. Providing a cafeteria is not going to stop that. Some parents, not necessarily intentionally, have no idea what kids should eat or have no idea that they should be providing food for the kids to take. As a foster parent, I could tell you some terrible stories about stuff like this, if I was allowed. You could use your imagination though, and think of the worst thing your kid could bring to school that actually qualified as food, and the truth is actually worse than that.
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They are not teaching him terrible nutrition, this is not some morbidly obese kid
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Originally Posted by Rathji
As for your second point, if kids won't follow the rules, and parents won't make them follow the rules, what should be done? You can't run a system like the schools where rules are broken with no consequences.
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This kid wasn't breaking vending machines or beating up and biting other kids, its a food dispute and the school in my mind is acting in a inappropriate and heavy handed matter. I would also question the ability of the teachers and principle to deal with this situation if they are tossing kids out of school for having what accounts to a bag of chips in a lunch bag.
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Originally Posted by Rathji
I get that the parents are trying to change the rules, or more likely, where that line is drawn. I don't disagree with them trying, but I am guessing that given the schools response, they went about it the wrong way.
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The rules in this case are wrong, they are way out of context, there are better things that they could be doing then this.