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Juice in school

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Fubar01 · 13/09/2024 08:42

My DD’s teacher is being very combative about her taking juice to school (primary) in a clear drinking bottle. He says it’s against school healthy eating standards, but if she brings it in a non clear bottle it’s fine! She brings a very healthy lunch and has perfect teeth. She is also very sporty . She point blank refuses to drink water. Yet others in her class bring crisps and chocolate and nothing is said .
AIBU to stick with the (new) clear bottle?
i dislike petty rules that have no bearing on her education ! Especially when the rules are not enforced for others !

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LameBorzoi · 13/09/2024 09:03

Fubar01 · 13/09/2024 09:01

So you think it’s okay to teach primary school children to be sneaky !

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No, it's the school trying to accommodate conflicting needs.

lizzyBennet08 · 13/09/2024 09:02

Honestly op. You are coming across like a total loon. The school rules say no juice but teachers turn a bit of a blind eye as long as it's not flaunted. Why oh why would you chose to go to war with teacher and get reputation in school as difficult as awkward when all you need to do it buy a different bottle.
If these are the issues you wish to go war on, you're in for a difficult school career.

LameBorzoi · 13/09/2024 09:01

Fubar01 · 13/09/2024 08:59

It’s not about the juice it’s about the hypocrisy of saying you can’t have juice it’s against school standards. But if you put it on a non clear bottle it’s fine! What is that teaching our children?

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The poor teacher is trying their best to give you a compromise. If you are that worried, just give her water.

banoffeelover · 13/09/2024 09:01

I assume the non clear bottle is so other kids don't get jealous that their classmates have juice whilst they have water. But that would seem daft when they can be envious over the snacks they each get.

Tbf I'd just get a non clear bottle as I wouldn't have the energy to waste on something trivial.

However, I would have the energy to address DD dictating that she must always have a sugary drink. Point blank refusing to drink water? No way would I be accepting that as a parent, sporty or no sporty.

LostTheMarble · 13/09/2024 09:01

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Fubar01 · 13/09/2024 09:01

Sadmamatoday · 13/09/2024 08:48

Another parent just wasting time being petty. Just put it in a non clear bottle ffs.

So you think it’s okay to teach primary school children to be sneaky !

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Sadmamatoday · 13/09/2024 09:01

brunettemic · 13/09/2024 08:59

We certainly don’t have one due to a bit of juice in a bottle.

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Tbf sugary drinks is a huge contributor. Even fruit juice that people believe to be healthy are basically just sugar. It's good to instill healthy habits from a young age. Know better, do better.

Imposter1212 · 13/09/2024 09:01

My DD has ASD and accompanying massive issues around food and drink. School resisted anything but plain water in her bottle resulting in her drinking nothing (and I mean not a drop all day even in summer) so her consultant wrote a letter stating that she would be bringing diluted juice in her bottle.

We did pop it in a coloured bottle so you couldn't see the contents. We have had some progress and she will accept flavoured still water on PE days so she can take her school clear bottle on the sports field.

LameBorzoi · 13/09/2024 09:00

brunettemic · 13/09/2024 08:59

We certainly don’t have one due to a bit of juice in a bottle.

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Of course not. I love juice, and drink it in moderation

It's the attitude that's the problem. My child must have sugar for every drink! Water is not good enough for my child!

daisychainarainyday · 13/09/2024 09:00

Send water in the bottle. Nothing else.
If she's thirsty she will drink it.
You are pandering too much and being a pest of a parent by being a fuss about this!

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Fubar01 · 13/09/2024 09:00

fizzymizzy · 13/09/2024 08:46

Well you have 2 choices. Get into a battle with school over nothing, or support a different bottle.

As part of the wider picture of you are not happy with school rules etc remove your child.

You have many choices here. Choose the least argumentative one, and the best for your child.

So we teach our children to be sneaky ?

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LostTheMarble · 13/09/2024 08:59

brunettemic · 13/09/2024 08:54

And then a fizzy drink opens the door to heroin and before you know it kids are shooting up in the toilets.

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🤣🤣

The overreacting on this thread is ridiculous and the teacher is being persnickety. I bet the staff room is full of caffeine and cake! Fizzy drinks are a short, very sugary energy burst, so absolutely makes sense on many levels why they’re banned. But juice is mostly flavoured water, it’s not the end of the world.

brunettemic · 13/09/2024 08:59

LameBorzoi · 13/09/2024 08:55

And we wonder why we have an obesity epidemic....

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We certainly don’t have one due to a bit of juice in a bottle.

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Fubar01 · 13/09/2024 08:59

daisychainarainyday · 13/09/2024 08:45

You have answered it yourself really.
Your child is very sporty. Others may not be so. Orange squash allowance may open the door to bottles filled with coke! There's more sugar in that than a bit of chocolate.

If you so keen for juice - give her a non clear bottle. Done.

It’s not about the juice it’s about the hypocrisy of saying you can’t have juice it’s against school standards. But if you put it on a non clear bottle it’s fine! What is that teaching our children?

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PassMeTheCookies · 13/09/2024 08:59

I just put flavoured water in my son's bottle.

He does drink water, but likes it fresh out of the fridge, so he was coming home with a warm water bottle that was still full. We've switched to flavoured water and he drinks the full thing every day.

MrsMitford3 · 13/09/2024 08:57

@Fubar01

This is not a hill I would die on.

You have a choice here-IMHO the teacher being helpful-

get a different bottle
give your DD water
Move schools

You seem to want to escalate this into more than it is.
Don't bring drama-otherwise it will be no juice!!

LameBorzoi · 13/09/2024 08:57

Fubar01 · 13/09/2024 08:56

The juice is not the issue! The teacher has clearly said she can bring juice as long as it is in a non clear bottle!

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A clear bottle is unfair on the other kids. It's like letting her eat haribo at her desk, and not letting any of the others have any

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Fubar01 · 13/09/2024 08:57

Sadmamatoday · 13/09/2024 08:55

Would you really rather your child's teacher waste their time on this than actually teach your child? Get your priorities sorted!

I’m not the one wasting time , the teacher is wasting his own time by trying to enforce petty rules

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Caterina99 · 13/09/2024 08:56

Honestly I don’t think this is a battle I’d fight.

My kids school says water only. My kids drink water. They’re just fine with water in their bottles.

I can see it now - “so and so has juice. I want juice”. Every morning they’d be complaining about the juice. Parents wouldn’t be happy. School would either have to allow juice for all or ban juice!

Seems like he’s offering you a good compromise here - keep the juice, put it in a non clear bottle.

2chocolateoranges · 13/09/2024 08:56

I work in early years if we have clear water bottles then we need to have water in it, we can have diluting juice in a non see through bottle, which I have.

its to encourage the children to drink water and milk and if we are seen to be drinking juice then children want it too, so we have to conceal it. We have children that bring juice in non see through bottles. No issue at all.

we encourage water but understand not all children will drink water

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Fubar01 · 13/09/2024 08:56

QuestionableMouse · 13/09/2024 08:46

No it doesn't. Good lord.

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The juice is not the issue! The teacher has clearly said she can bring juice as long as it is in a non clear bottle!

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LameBorzoi · 13/09/2024 08:55

brunettemic · 13/09/2024 08:54

And then a fizzy drink opens the door to heroin and before you know it kids are shooting up in the toilets.

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And we wonder why we have an obesity epidemic....

Arrivapercy · 13/09/2024 08:55

Oh and ignore the guidance about little children needing vast quantities of water daily. I always just let mine drink to thirst, their pee is pale and they drink nowhere near as much as guidance suggests they should.

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