Children’s Academy and Childcare Center

Taking oreos from a child is not the schools responsibility. You DO NO NOT get to impose your values on anyone. That is exactly what Hitler did. I ate and still do occasionally eat oreos, dunked in milk they are the best. At least this child was getting lunch from home and not subsidized by free and reduced lunch. Also, the school says they gave the child «a healthy alternative to the cookies» what if the child was allergic to your alternative? I wouldn’t have wanted anyone giving a substitution to my child. I think this school has gone way too far and they need to have their heads examined. It is an atrosity in the worst way. Think I’ll send the school a case of oreos and all the staff and children can enjoy them. For cying out loud let our children be children.

This school forces children to eat what they deem appropriate. They feel they know whats better for your kids than you do. Forced conformity is not something you want your kids subject to from such an early age. This school should be closed down!

What in the world is this school thinking?
Can one say ‘FOOD NAZIS’?
There are so many different professional opinions on dietary habits, how does this school presume their Michelle Obama opinion is correct?
Plenty of physicians eat oreos. I’m sure the faculty at that school indulges in coffee, desserts, alcohol and a wide variety of foods that could be deemed ‘unhealthy’.
What difference does it make if the kid has oreos or not? It’s none of the school’s business! There is no definite answer to what foods are good or bad. This information changes on a constant basis. This country is obsessed with labeling foods as bad or good. I like the letter they wrote that said kids have to have milk. That is one of the main food choices doctors eliminate when trying to diagnose allergies and GI problems. Then the kids have to have bread with a potato. Really? They have to have two starches? They have to have bread which has little nutritional value?
I’ve seen the food the public school serve. It’s called healthy but it’s a bunch of subpar, bruise and dried up fruits and veggies. Oh. Then they have the microwave pancakes with syrup. Or the microwaved turkey sausage. It’s all garbage.

Your schools letter to a parent who sent Oreo’s in the home lunch of her daughter is absolutely uncalled for. Who do you think you are? What gives you the right to dictate what a child eats if it comes from home? It’s not like the mother sent the child with Mercury or Plutonium! A few Oreo’s as a treat if PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE!
Now, Maybe you are getting back at this mother because your parents could never send you with Oreo brand cookies. Maybe you saw this little girl (4 YEARS OLD) and wanted to get back at her because of your deprived childhood. Or maybe, you’re just mean people. Do you also discipline with a paddle still? Do you put your kids in the corner with a «dunce» hat. Get over yourselves, apologize to the parent, and worry less about what is going into other’s mouths, and more about what is coming out of your own.

It is incredible to me that a school would have the arrogance to censure a parent for putting a few cookies in their child’s lunchbox (read ABC News article here —
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Advocating and educating for healthy eating is fine. Public officials anointing themselves as the Food Nazis for OUR children is way, way out of bounds… and a shameful example of condescending bureaucratic hubris. Who in the hell do you think you are?
I suggest the teachers at this school focus on teaching and attempting to meet global educational standards. I assure you we can raise our own children without your «oversight». Or would you prefer that we peek behind your doors and parent your kids for you?

Shame on your school for sending a child home hungry. Obviously communication is not what is being taught at this school. Shame on the person who decided to make this decision. I am not one to ever want to sue but if this was my child I without a doubt would hold this school responsible. The staff member who did this should be made to write an apology and speak with the child and parent and apologize. And explain why this was a bad decision on the staff members part and not try to justify it one bit. Shame shame on you!

If you’re going to criticize a parent’s choice of food for her child, you might want to learn about nutrition yourself first. Peanut butter is extremely healthy. Requiring BOTH potatoes AND bread… not so much. Making a child go hungry rather than having cookies is also not a wise decision.
Terrible management at your school.

What children have for lunch is up to their parents, it is not up to the school to monitor or decide the children’s nutrition if they are bringing lunch from school. Plus you cannot force the children to have milk fi they are allergic to dairy, and you cannot impose your nutritional ”requirements” if they are bringing lunch from home.
You are not licensed nutritionists.