Big brother watching your kid's lunch box

[swampy]

http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/14/nanny-...ade-lunch/

Government tells child to eat chicken nuggets instead of the turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, package of chips, and apple juice that her mom packed for her school lunch. Outrageous!

[cbelt3]

It's OK.. we're protecting the children !

[Acer]

Upon further review, it sounds like a school employee was following their own ham-fisted interpretation of the rules. The nuggets were given to supplement the lunch, not replace it. Confused little four year old didn't eat her own lunch because she was confused, not because it was taken away.

Sounds like an error in application of an otherwise unobjectionable policy.

What if the kid had shown up with a coke and a twinkie? Would it be OK for the school employee to intervene?

[mick e]

Where is the federal law that requires the confiscation of box lunches?

[mattkime]

mick e wrote:
Where is the federal law that requires the confiscation of box lunches?

TSA

[Pam]

It's always better to jump on the nanny government bandwagon before having the facts established.

Unless of course it affects you. Say like you need certain cancer meds that aren't being made due to lack of profitability.

[Uncle Wig]

Pam wrote:
It's always better to jump on the nanny government bandwagon before having the facts established.

Unless of course it affects you. Say like you need certain cancer meds that aren't being made due to lack of profitability.

Swampy deals in outrage, not facts which would tend to dilute her outrage.

[OWC Jamie]

Or the drug companies are only allowed to purchase xx amount of the chemicals they need to make a drug and then there are no more.




Our wonderful progressive school system didn't allow first graders to wear shorts to school ( boys nor girls) even in June because they "might think it is Summer" and affect their behaviour". Just a tad beyond the scope of reasonable dress code.
(wouldn't surprise me if the real reason was one of the tenured teachers was a pervert that liked little girls (and/or boys) in shorts, and this was the only way Admins had to deal with it)

[Grace62]

This was on Limbaugh today - not sure if that's where you heard it Swampy. As usual he lied about what happened and blew it completely out of proportion to reality.
The girl's sack lunch was not taken away. It's not clear what was in that lunch, the school's version and the parent's version don't match. She was offered additional food, which is what USDA guidelines require. The girl chose to eat the school food, nobody forced her to. I agree that with a 4 year old there will be confusion and there should be some sort of discussion about this with parents in advance, the story doesn't say if the school did that, and expectations and policies should be completely clear to all parties so parents aren't surprised if their child is offered supplemental food.

"Sites must provide breakfast and/or snacks and lunch meeting USDA requirements during the regular school day. The partial/full cost of meals may be charged when families do not qualify for free/reduced price meals.

"When children bring their own food for meals and snacks to the center, if the food does not meet the specified nutritional requirements, the center must provide additional food necessary to meet those requirements."

What if the kid had shown up with a coke and a twinkie? Would it be OK for the school employee to intervene?

They are required to by law.

I worked in a school where many kids were on free or reduced lunch, but also where kids showed up regularly with corn chips and coke for lunch, or nothing. There was not much the school could do. I get the whole "big brother" thing but we also have too many children in our country not getting good nutrition.

[Lux Interior]

Reminds me of a quote: "If you don't stand for something, you'll probably fall for anything."