to wish children at school didn't bring sweets in for the whole class on the birthday

[brt100]

Dn seams to always be coming home with sweets, I just think it should be up to the parents to decide on these things, I would be livid. Should the school ban this?

[ilovesooty]

Am I the only person who wonders whether you are in fact promoting your own blog?

[nicename]

Veggie percy pigs are super-charged with sugar. I got the shakes the first and only time I had them. Hasn't anyone tried to ban them yet for being pogs?

At DSs old school there were lots of kids with religious diets, so I used to get veggie sweets from the health food store (jelly bears) to ensure that noone felt left out. There are lots of veggie/vegan versions of sweets. As I said before, the only time I ever had a problem was when a child bit into a glo stick (not because he thought it was a sweet).

Curly wurlies are the best sweets ever.

[ThatBloodyWoman]

Good stuff Giles. Cheers.

Right, seems that its time to get that letter written -
As they say, strike while the irons hot!

Enjoy your sweets, all.

[Gileswithachainsaw]

m.tesco.com/mt/www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=282153295

It appears there are also some with gelatin (beef) that are halal

[mrstigs]

Strangely enough reading this thread made me wander off and get myself some cheese. I must be broken.
As for the subject, I do understand that 'just one little packet' can mount up to a problem if people are not taking note of the overall amount, so I can see why some people are concerned. But most parents do take note and do ensure that it doesn't mount up, so banning seems a bit of an overkill. Those parents who do struggle to give their kids a healthy diet would struggle regardless of the odd packet of birthday treats. I would say educating parents on healthy choices would be more logical but that's already happening. Maybe once the current push towards educating parents on food had had time to bed in we will see children's health improve, and the odd packet of sweets won't be seen as such a big deal.

[LackaDAISYcal]

gah, some folks are just touchy.

I'm Scottish but I never complain about the tartan tammies that come out at the end of November even though they make me die a little inside

[ThatBloodyWoman]

Thanks Giles - so the usual ones aren't but the vegetarian ones are.

[allisgood1]

What is wrong with people? It's a sweet. Not drugs. Not poison. Geez.

[Gileswithachainsaw]

They do vegetarian ones.

Supermarkets should sell them. If not try the offf licenses or corner shops as they tend to have halal sweets. Ones round here do anyway.

Pretty sure they are easy to come by. M&s do vege Percy pigs too

[Dinosaurporn]

I've always wondered why they don't have a a beer bottle and kebab emoticons...

[ThatBloodyWoman]

Does anyone know if Haribo are Halal?

Serious question as they contain gelatin.

[LackaDAISYcal]

Aw, no hard feelings

have some



Iona, is this a good time to ask if we can have a gummy bear emoticon??? Pleeeeeeeeese?

[Gileswithachainsaw]

The caffeine. There's not enough!!

[Dinosaurporn]

It depends Giles, is it an ishoo you have with the sugar, fat or caffeine?

[Gileswithachainsaw]

Here , for everyone else

[Gileswithachainsaw]

Should the wine and coffee and cake emoticons be banned?

[insanityscatching]

Maryz I think you have been very unfair distributing chocolate on this thread. There are posters....... like me...... who don't like chocolate and so it shouldn't be allowed on the off chance I might feel upset.

[ThatBloodyWoman]

It's not the case that my circle have nothing better to think of though insanity!

One of the most vocal friends wrt this has a child with a disability, so has other fish to fry too.

[Sirzy]

mmm jelly tots. The best bit of them is the sugar at the bottom of the bag

[Dinosaurporn]

We still have Halloween stuff left, I might have a rummage...