School Policy's?

[lizzydrippin]

I'd appreciate a little feed back on this. My son who's a single parent, received a phone call from his 10yr old sons school today telling him, in no uncertain terms, that he is not to put 'sweets' in his sons lunchbox as they have a ' healthy eating' policy at the school. My grandson was told by the headmistress that if he ate the 'sweet' he would be in alot of trouble. Now the sweet in question was one of those little fruit lollies and my son (who was needled by the phone call from the school) decided to do a little research and discovered that the lollie which had no artificial flavourings or colourings was in actual fact more healthy than a bag of crisps (which apparently is acceptable by the school). It had less fat than a slice of bread and had 75 calories in it. The rest of his lunchbox had a cheese sandwich, 2 fruit yoghurts, an apple and a fruitshoot drink. Its not every day that he gets a lolly but he asked for one this morning and my son popped one in. Is my son overreacting by being annoyed? Surely the school can only make requests about these things, not demands?

[annie0000]

This is once again a case of sensible parents rights being overshadowed by the fact that there are people who dont make the effort to feed their kids correctly. They need to target the rules to those who need it rather than a blanket approach to all.

Personally, my kids get more than their 5 a day, eat a heathy diet, do plenty of sports and other activities and if I want to stick a chocolate bar in their lunchbox, then i think that i should be allowed to do so. Incidentally, our school does follow a healthy eating policy but chooses to use persuasion and rewards for making healthy choices rather than policing and punishment.

Why the school thought to humiliate your grandson over the lolly, I don't know. Surely a more measured reaction would have been to ask him not to eat it as it is school policy not to allow sweets and then stck a note in his bag back to his parent.

I do agree that schools have to have rules, but this does seem over the top.

[terambulan]

Your son chose the school......that's their ruling. Your son abides (without recourse) or choose another school.

Your son is setting a bad example to his child by disproving the school's reasoning.

Accept, or walk!

[cazzz1975]

can he not have a lolly after school? there is enough in his lunchbox for him to satisfy his hunger needs without the lolly.

yes he asked for a lolly but it does not mean that he should have it at school especially where there is a policy in force. Im sure lots of kids would love to bring all sorts or rubbish to school but you have to respect school rules in the same way you respect basic rules at work, in public buildings, in peoples houses ect ect...

its curtesy, putting the school in the wrong will only influence your grandson lose respect for his school.

[lizzydrippin]

So pleased slinkycat and annieoooo that you you see where I was coming from with this, and cheers for the jokes Chuckfickens, very kind of you!