Water in primary school

[magickingdom82]

All the children at our primary school are supposed to bring a bottle with water only to drink throughout the day. Bottles are apparently checked. However I know a tonne of parents who send their kids in with flavoured juices because their kid won't drink water but AIBU to think it isn't fair on those that do send water in. As long as the majority of parents send in water they get away with sending juice...

If your kid will drink water, send water. If your kid will only drink juice, juice is better than dehydration. Not fair on the kids who like juice but will drink water but sure they will get over it.

I can't really get worked up about it tbh. Ds takes water

Do you want the children that won't drink water to be sent in with nothing?

I very much doubt the kids even notice or care what their classmates are drinking.

I’ve never known a child get dehydrated by not having a drink between breakfast and lunch time. I just don’t see the need for them to be taking water bottles at all.

"juice is better than dehydration"

True. But how is this relevant to a child in primary school?

Fair isn't everyone getting the same.
Fair us everyone in equal footing. Some kids won't drink water, therefore flavoured is better. Yours will. Fair doesn't come into it.
Everyone needs a drink. Ideally water, but things can be overlooked.
In the nicest way, grow up and get over it.

kids don't need to drink juice, and only pretend they can't drink water because they know they have a choice. Another example of lazy parenting.

You are talking as if the kids who drink water are being in some way disadvantaged by having the healthy option. ("it isn't fair"...)

It is very fair on those kids - they will have less incidence of type 2 diabetes and tooth decay in later life - with the ongoing benefits for heart health etc.

Water is free, and much better for your DC, so unless he or she is kicking up a fuss about what the other DC are drinking, why would you care that it's "not fair"?

Really?! this bothers you?

do the kids even notice who has what? my child likes water so we send water. My nephew won't drink water so they send diluting juice, it's in a patterned bottle so it isn't obvious. Nephew is actually embarrassed about it and doesn't want to be noticed but he won't drink water.

If my dd asks I would say some children don't like water. You're lucky you do, it's much better for your teeth or some other positive.

The school implement a rule so they and the parents should stick to it. Or they should remove the rule.

This happens in my DD school. She rarely drinks her water, so I will occasionally send her in with flavoured water or diluting especially in the hot weather because I know she will drink more of it.
However she's not allowed to drink it durning class, unless it's plain water and some children do call her out on what she has in her bottle because it's 'not allowed'.

Water bottles in class is a very modern phenomenon and I've seen articles recently arguing that it's completely unnecessary.

Why is it not fair on the children who have water? Surely it's unfair for the children whose teeth are rotting.

YABVU

Dc1 will not drink water. Ever.

After 10 years I know there are no circumstances where it'll be considered so their teacher turning a blind eye to heavily diluted squash means no dehydrated child in the summer months.

DC2 drinks anything so only takes plain water to school.

Anyone who thinks it's just being fussy/entitled/spoiled has never dealt with a child who would genuinely rather starve/dehydrate than eat or drink something that's not right. I still haven't figured out all the rules of right...it's all very specific and illogical

As a parent I choose new food/drink moments when it's ideal rather than let some parent with their knickers in a twist about my DC having squash instead of plain water dictate it for us and make the problem even worse.

BTW no rotten teeth or obese children here so sod off with that judgment laden venom!

I don't see why children should be restricted to drink at mealtimes, all advice is to drink little and often and it's especially important when the weather is hot.
No, it's not fair (so isn't life) as water is a lot better than juice.

Water isn't sticky if it spills. If an exception is made because Little Jonny will only drink flavoured water/ juice should an exception be made Little Tommy who will only drink full fat Coke? That's why there is a water only rule at most schools. But in reality it's left to parents to obey the rule - do you expect the teacher to take a swig out of every pupils bottle every morning?

I don't care what others do. My 5ur old has commented some friends take juice but she knows she should have water.

There's no kid in the developing world moaning "they don't like water" is there.
They should just do away with the rule if some children "can't" drink water...

YANBU. The kids that won't drink water are ones that know if they moan mum or dad will provide them with juice. So yes it isn't fair on the kids whose parents actually parented them in their early life by not giving in to such grumbles. My child would much prefer to take juice but I tell him he can't and therefore he will drink boring old water.

Not great though when he sees little Miss wingey pants allowed to drink juice just because she kicks off if not allowed it.

No child is born hating water. So the whole 'my child hates water' argument is rubbish.

Using this he word "dehydration" to describe anything that might happen to a healthy developed world child in the gap between breakfast and break is shockingly distasteful.

BTW no rotten teeth or obese children here so sod off with that judgment laden venom

wow - water IS actually better for you has now become judgement laden venom.

Non goady question: how many children really will ‘not’ drink water?

I have 5DC and they all have different preferences but none of them have ever refused water. I have also met/worked with many kids and not really come across this.

How can a child not like water?