Bake Sale Ban _ California _ Bunk
October 30th, 2008 by tsullivanHope that headline is clear enough, but - man-oh-man! — I really can’t stand it when regulators go crazy and good intentions go way, way too far. That’s what’s happening in California, where new, increasingly egregious food regulations are being phased in. The end result? Basically the end of bake sales. And the end of a whole host of additional perfectly fine traditions and habits at schools.
One of these schools has no more dessert at lunch. That nice office secretary who’d always have a peppermint for you when school was feeling particularly difficult in some way? That peppermint is gone, too. (Thank God for the peppermint police!) The kids can’t have a hot dog sale that they used to have to fund a trip. Well, I suppose they could, if the hot dog was vegan.
(Note: before my vegan friends get up in arms. I have no problem with your vegan hot dogs. I’ve had a couple. But regular ol’ hot dogs are not causing obesity.)
What about parents making choices for their kids? A slice of pizza for lunch isn’t child abuse. A bake sale isn’t criminal. And — heck — my buying a box of hi-fat cookies from the Sally Foster catalog is none of your darn business. It’s as if we’re equating Christmas cookies with guns and ammo.
I’ll stop. But I’d love to hear your thoughts on this. Same thing happening at your school? As parents, how can we step in and bring sanity back?
Tags: Fundraising
November 10th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Thankfully my daughter’s elementary school still holds bake sales! Whatever happened to BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR CHOICES?? Fast food does not make fat people. If you want to drive with hot coffee and your lap… shame on YOU! If you want to feed your child Twinkies instead of carrots that should be nobody else’s business (unless that’s ALL he gets!).. get the picture?!!!
And yes, I have spilled coffee on myself , but I didn’t SUE THE COFFEEMAKER!!!!
March 18th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Child obesity is on the rise in this country, and its dangerous health effects — both during childhood and later in life — are becoming increasingly well-known. I think child obesity can be prevented. I know that weight problems can be genetic but also, the parents can control what they and their young child puts in their mouth and eats, have more physical activity. I think that if we want children to eat healthy parents have to put an example. Because parents always tell their children not to eat junk food but some parents still buy sodas and chips, and when they don’t do dinner the kids eat macaroni and cheese or pizzas whatever they could make. I think the parents should be the first to eat healthy and show an example to their kids that way the kids will maybe understand more and actually obey. Another reason of child obesity is that our kids spent too much time on the Internet, gaming, chatting, etc. My kid would be on the game 7 days a week if I let him or didn’t control his time spent on the Internet. But over my dead body!!! I limit my child to 1 hour per day of total screen time for games and 2 hours on the weekends. So make parents show a good example by also carrying out chores, eating healthily and doing regular exercise! Believe me, as a mother or 7, I find it works a treat!!
March 18th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
I just remember the fact that currently, 78.2 percent of men aged 40 to 59 in the U.S. are overweight or obese. We are teaching our children to become obese!