First note that there was nothing mentioned about the parents enforcing this rule being overweight. Second, I really don't think that you should open your mouth on a topic that you don't really understand anything about. Have you ever tried to lose weight? I know that there are many ADers out there right now who have tried or are trying to lose weight but are having a lot of difficulty, such as myself. I have lost about 8-10 pounds and I am damned proud of it. Do you know how long it took me to lose that much weight with maintaining the same habits? Probably a good couple months. It's not as easy as you think it is, especially if one has a low metabolism.
Food Police Gone Amok in NY Schools
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First note that there was nothing mentioned about the parents enforcing this rule being overweight. Second, I really don't think that you should open your mouth on a topic that you don't really understand anything about. Have you ever tried to lose weight? I know that there are many ADers out there right now who have tried or are trying to lose weight but are having a lot of difficulty, such as myself. I have lost about 8-10 pounds and I am damned proud of it. Do you know how long it took me to lose that much weight with maintaining the same habits? Probably a good couple months. It's not as easy as you think it is, especially if one has a low metabolism.
I agree that it should remain an option from grade 9 on. I don't agree that it should continue to be mandatory past grade 9, at least not in Ontario. I strongly disliked Phys. Ed. when I had to take it. I've lost more weight trying to lose it myself. In my opinion, it is not the school's job to provide students with physical activity... it is the parent's job to set a limit on the amount of TV watching and game playing they do. Parents need to buy healthy foods rather than a bunch of crap. I should know, my dad buys a lot of crap even though I've asked him to limit the amount of junk food he buys for my sake. It isn't the school's fault that my dad buys a big package of WagonWheels and then my brother sees them and wolfs them down. It's his. And he needs to take ownership of it.
In regards of this article, I don't think that taking the bake sales out of schools is the answer. Taking food that will give you a heart attack out of the cafeterias might be a good idea, but that would affect the school's income now wouldn't it. 
If parents don't like the idea of their kids filling their stomachs with fatty foods at school, don't send them with money. The responsibility lies within the parents. Nothing's wrong with a bake sale as long as they're not having them daily or weekly.
If parents don't like the idea of their kids filling their stomachs with fatty foods at school, don't send them with money. The responsibility lies within the parents. Nothing's wrong with a bake sale as long as they're not having them daily or weekly.
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In regards of this article, I don't think that taking the bake sales out of schools is the answer. Taking food that will give you a heart attack out of the cafeterias might be a good idea, but that would affect the school's income now wouldn't it.
If parents don't like the idea of their kids filling their stomachs with fatty foods at school, don't send them with money. The responsibility lies within the parents. Nothing's wrong with a bake sale as long as they're not having them daily or weekly.
Exactly. It goes back to the parents.
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When I was a kid, I played soccer, basketball, baseball, bowling, volleyball, and softball... outside of school. I thank my parents for getting me involved with sports when I was growing up.and school too. it's shameful that parents are not doing their part especially at home like rockin'robin and the school officials aka "babysitter" has to do it for them.
since our kids spend majority of their time at school, I think the schools should educate them on food.
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Ooh... I can imagine the principal freaking out when Paula Dean demonstrates her donut/egg/bacon/burger... with cheese.
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I agree.In regards of this article, I don't think that taking the bake sales out of schools is the answer. Taking food that will give you a heart attack out of the cafeterias might be a good idea, but that would affect the school's income now wouldn't it.
If parents don't like the idea of their kids filling their stomachs with fatty foods at school, don't send them with money. The responsibility lies within the parents. Nothing's wrong with a bake sale as long as they're not having them daily or weekly.
My parents raised me with sack lunch every day when I was in elementary school. From time to time, they would give me money and let me buy lunch at school... especially on Tuesdays for pizza.
When I was in junior high school, my dad would give me $20 and say that was my allowance for the week. It was up to me whether I wanted to spend it at school or make my own lunch at home to bring to school. I ended up making my own lunch and saved the money to buy myself a video game system.
When I was in high school, it was the same... weekly allowances and it was up to me to decide how I wanted to use it. That was until I started working and didn't eat at school any more (had off-campus lunch due to work program).
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Well for one, back in the 'good ole days' parents didn't just allow their kids to sit on the couch and eat potato chips all the time while they were home. There were chores to be done, dinner to be cooked, dishes to be done, yards to mow, pecans to pick up, animals to feed, eggs to gather, etc. The kids were just asked to help, it was demanded of them to help. In doing this they had less time for vegging out on the couch all weekend. Instead, most 11 yr olds would be out mowing lawns for some spending money early in the morning, or they would be running paper routes on their bikes. They were burning calories and earning money at the same time. The girls would babysit younger children, or go clean an elderly person's house for them, again for spending money.
Nowdays, we find 11 yr olds sitting on couches across America playing on the playstation and shoving cheetos in their mouths by the handful while we cry out that having children earn money is cruel and unusual.
Parents have given their children this crutch that the child shouldn't have to do anything and that the child is entitled to everything. This is entirely backwards thinking.
Part of it is the school's part for allowing ice cream and soda machines in their schools in the first place, school's know children can't control themselves when it comes to sweets. They are also partially to blame when funding gets cut and PE and academia suffer but the athletics department continues to receive funding. Not every child is going to participate in athletics, but that shouldn't mean the child should be fat and overweight. It just means that every student should be required to carry at least one unit of PE every semester until graduation.
It's the parents fault for not demanding more of their children, and allowing their children to be lazy. Parents are to blame when they allow TV sets and game consoles in the child's room and leaving the toys in the garage. Parents are to blame when they give the child free money and allow that child to spend it freely on junk.
Parents and schools need to work together to ensure that the next generation of students are not allowed to become sedentary. Demand more of a child and the child will rise to those expectations.
Nowdays, we find 11 yr olds sitting on couches across America playing on the playstation and shoving cheetos in their mouths by the handful while we cry out that having children earn money is cruel and unusual.
Parents have given their children this crutch that the child shouldn't have to do anything and that the child is entitled to everything. This is entirely backwards thinking.
Part of it is the school's part for allowing ice cream and soda machines in their schools in the first place, school's know children can't control themselves when it comes to sweets. They are also partially to blame when funding gets cut and PE and academia suffer but the athletics department continues to receive funding. Not every child is going to participate in athletics, but that shouldn't mean the child should be fat and overweight. It just means that every student should be required to carry at least one unit of PE every semester until graduation.
It's the parents fault for not demanding more of their children, and allowing their children to be lazy. Parents are to blame when they allow TV sets and game consoles in the child's room and leaving the toys in the garage. Parents are to blame when they give the child free money and allow that child to spend it freely on junk.
Parents and schools need to work together to ensure that the next generation of students are not allowed to become sedentary. Demand more of a child and the child will rise to those expectations.