AIBU to think schools shouldn’t be giving out Easter Eggs?

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My DD4 will be showered with chocolate I'm the upcoming week. It’s part of the fun of Easter. But her teachers have already given her, and all the nursery class, a medium sized chocolate egg each and chocolates were being handed around today. AIBU to think giving out chocolates is for parents to monitor and decide, and the school should focus on other healthier Easter activities? Why are schools spending money on unhealthy treats that have no educational purpose?

@SosigDog hopefully school would know if a child was allergic to something for all the times there's other food or cakes etc for birthday and would find a suitable alternative. but yes, a generic egg to the child who can';t have milk etc would be cruel

To be honest there isn't much chocolate in a little egg. Not enough to make your child's BMI shoot off the scale, rot their teeth down to the gum, and cover their face in pustules of chocolate induced acne.

And what precisely is a "healthier Easter treat". Carrots? A boiled egg?

@rafferty I suppose with friends and family I will always accept gifts graciously, and also from teachers (thus the AIBU rather than talking to them). My AIBU was more a general query about why the schools / teachers are doing it in the first place. It all just ends up in a cupboard. Someone mentioned donating to a food bank and that’s a good idea.

To the pp who asked why I kept saying ‘wealthy’ I only mentioned it because some pps suggested that other kids may not come from families that can afford chocolate.

Schools are very aware of allergies etc.
I bought eggs for the children in my class (yes, with my own money) and had to go looking for some mini eggs from a peanut free factory as an alternative for one of them.
No kid should miss out.

Healthier easter treat from the schools could be something craft related, something spring related, there are lots of possibilities

Seriously OP it's pretty simple. If you're bothered about all the chocolate then tell your people not to buy any or donate it to food banks. It doesn't sound as if you ever have donated if it hasn't crossed your mind.

It doesn't matter.

I'd love to know what a healthy Easter treat looks like though

Crafts isn't a treat though.

You could hide the little plastic eggs containing something, eg 20p so your DC could use the money instead for a non chocolate treat.

I am a teacher, I really hope my parents aren't cross that sometimes I treat their children to something.

I mentioned your use of wealthy. Its already been established that just because a family has money doesn't mean their DC get showered with Easter chocolate. You are an adult, maybe you should start learning that not everyone is in the same situation as you are?

FWIW, you sound like a proper show off to me. You just wanted everyone to know you yourself are wealthy and that you child gets spoilt with massive Easter eggs.

But if it is teacher's buying from their own pocket you can't tell them how to spend their money in different ways. At the very least its just going to make you sound ungrateful.

If its school funds then yes, you could write to them and suggest alternatives.

SosigDog My experience is that class teachers are very aware of the children in their class with known allergies or other food related concerns such as Halal only, etc. and take this into account when giving out treats.

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Donate them to a food bank. Sorted.

It all just ends up in a cupboard
Melt and make cakes. Donate. Eat.

some pps suggested that other kids may not come from families that can afford chocolate afford doesn't mean get though. Some people might not have extended family or friends and surely you only buy your own child an egg or two otherwise it's excessive.So 1 or 2 off the parents, one off school. Hardly crazy

@greyexpectations

It’s funny you think that based on my posts, it’s not my intention.

An interesting question, related to my post, is if parents prefer not to give their kids lots of chocolate (for non-financial reasons) then why should the school do it? Why would the school or teachers feel responsible for making sure no child misses out at Easter? It’s genuinely an odd concept to me.

I’m not British born so maybe that has something to do with why I find it a bit strange.

Btw- I’m not angry or upset at the school. This is a genuine AIBU query

My AIBU was more a general query about why the schools / teachers are doing it in the first place

They are doing it for exactly the same reason as you and all the "other people" do it.

Just like most teachers give a small gift at Christmas. They know full well that parents etc. Will also be buying...

YANBU.

It's lazy and inconsiderate of children (like my DD), who were born with teeth that didn't mature properly. She suffers without eating sweets and yet it's not fair to say she can't have any sweets (or anything at all with a bit of sugar, as her dentist likes to lecture us about).

I think over 90 messages have told you you're being unreasonable op. You don't need to keep explaining why you're asking.

No one is going to change their minds.

Ds was given an egg. He doesn’t like chocolate so we donated it to a food bank.

Not all children are lucky neighbours to get showered in chocolate. As yours is then perhaps encouraging her to donate this one would help her realise how fortunate she is

I think it's really nice when teachers do things like this

it is a nice thing for them to do but at the same time don't let parents monitor and decide their own childrens lunch boxes

The ‘showering’ of chocolate comes from all the giant eggs she’s given from every other person. We end up with a cupboard full of them

We were heading towards that as more and more grandchildren arrived (though medium rather than giant eggs) so we decided just to get smaller ones or a bag of mini eggs or something. It's very easy to discuss this with family and come to an agreement rather than get your knickers in a twist about what the school do.

Our PTA does an egg hunt for the whole school each year. Children with allergies are catered for. I admit I've been a bit disgruntled when he's scoffed the lot before I pick him up, but in the grand scheme of things it's not a big deal and it's something the children really enjoy (the higher they get up the school the harder they have to hunt and the biggies love helping the littlies).

I have control over what he has at home mostly

Our Reception teachers paid for a chocolate egg treat for each of the Reception children out of their own pockets. It's a treat. They love the children. It's not every day.

Sheesh.

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Just “shower” your kid with one less and get a bloody grip

There is so much meddling by the powers that be that makes schools joyless institutions these days OP don't add to teacher's woes by pressuring them to add to it because you want to limit the chocolate your child eats. It's perfectly easy, if she gets more than you want her to have give the excess away you don't need to make someone else do that for you.