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

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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?

You will be pleased to hear that at High School it stops. They can buy their own massive bag of Haribo as they walk to and from school should they choose

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And chips and milk shakes and macdonalds and red bull and fags!!

Yeah, why should any child feel special for 5 minutes among his classmates? In fact, let's demo outside shops that sell sweets, they're the real bastards in all this. Eating should be a necessity not an enjoyable experience.

The burger van just down from DS1's school does 'Student Specials' for breakfast before school Giles.

Fortunately DS1 gets the school bus.

Hemlock could you give your DD's teacher something to keep at school that she is able to eat and would be a treat for her, when birthday sweets are dished out to the other kids?

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So true though. Loads of us would get off at the stop outside the newsagent and just walk down. I never had any money but others would buy all sorts. Plus 6th firm were allowed to leave school at lunch. Sure you know where they went. Don't remember a chippy but probably was one.

Canteen sold chips too.

Yes, any food rule you have in place for your DC at Primary, you need to think how it will work YR7 onwards really. A whole new ball game.

Crikey, not even your child and you are livid. Or do you have pr for dn?

Oh yes Miaow a can of Dr Pepper and a Mars Bar. Who needs cereal and toast?

That's not to say that we shouldn't be careful with regard to what they eat. I do try to be balanced and allow sweets etc on top of the lunch boxes I make. And agree food standards need to be improved at many primary schools.

But worrying about a tiny pack of haribo rather than secondary schools and their free reign to crap daily seems pointless tbh.

But that's a whole other debate really about whether take aways should be allowed to open first thing soley for school kids, and of course the shitty food standards that leave greasy take aways as the better option to food available on the school premesis

Are you this joyless about everything in life? Must be tiring.

But denying them soley now, will lead to rebellion weft it becomes so easily available unless you take them to and from school and they arebt allowed off the school grounds

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Surely Bonsoir's reason is the same as it ever is - disagreeing. Loves a good stir no matter how far a reach it might be.

Oh it's like that then ha

I do agree with that Giles, I try and make sure that my two now 12 and 14 eat a balanced diet when at home IYKWIM.

But if they are out and about with their mates and money of their own, I can't dictate then. It's quite frustrating.

There does seem a lot, DS seem to always have a haribo or two in his bag. I dont let him eat them. I am educating him about 'sugar' at the moment - its call parental responsibility.

Some people think school are the be all and end all of doing all the bits of parenting they CBA to do themselves. Then when somethin goes wrong they can blame somone else.

I send in buns because dd doesn't eat any sweets which is her choice. She has never liked them and at 11 I imagine that she probably won't change her mind. She's not bothered that on the twenty other birthdays that she is offered sweets that she doesn't eat and neither am I (occasionally she accepts and brings me some haribo )

No they shouldn't be banned.

If you don't want your child being given them, tell the teacher you've banned him/her from having them.

Then let everyone else get on with enjoying birthday sweets.

I ate loads of sweets as a child and I'm stick thin! So I buck the trend of ending up an obese adult for eating the wicked sugar of sweet cane.

Livid? By Jove, get a grip!

Perhaps if there wasn't cake on the menu daily and school tuck shops then sweets wouldn't seen such a big deal?

She's so angry at the wrong thing and has completely missed the actual problem.

Jeez I've just realised it's not even the OP's child she's talking about.

Not letting a child eat something because it has sugar in is not educating them about sugar IMO.

At my kids school the primary sell ice creams in the playground at home time on sunny days. 20-50p the kids love it and it makes money for the school. There are bake sales in the playground regularly as well. The pts raises around 12,000 a year for the school with a variety if events. It tends to be spent on playground equipment, school trips etc all good things for the children.

And at my boys high school they have termly chocolate raffles, kids pay a pound and every kid wins some chocolate. Some of them are massive, those metre tubes of jaffa cakes and allsorts. Again it raises money for the school and the kids love it.

I try and make sure they eat a healthy diet with us but that means a bit of everything in moderation and they lead active lives, do sports and clubs etc and we walk pretty much everywhere.

Meh it's about balance, I am not banning anything.

Omg its not even your child?unless the parents mind its not really up to you!
There are bigger things to be concerned about.

Coffee society has issues with food with 2/3rd of adults over weight

Then perhaps 'society' should be setting an example to children instead of banning nice things?

Food doesn't make people overweight...people and sometimes meds are what makes people overweight.

Barking orders at children instead of setting a healthy example, isn't going to do anything for the rising population of children with weight problems.

Not when they look around them and see overweight parents/teachers/health professionals etc...

'Do as I say and not as I do', doesn't really cut it I'm afraid.