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?

Not sure what the issue is here. Why not take it to a food bank if you don't want your child to have it? Or if they already have it why not give your children a healthy Easter treat on Sunday rather than an egg?

It's an easy problem to solve if you don't want an egg.

Blimey. Felching the fun out of the Easter Bunny's arse! Quite an achievement.

Yahvvu it is not your place to speak for all parents. What a misery you sound!

Regarding dental issues, I’d have thought a chocolate egg isn’t as bad as sweets or fruit even.

Policing lunchboxes doesn’t equate to being given a chocolate egg once a year. Lunchbox policies are not created by teachers or PTA either. The egg will have been kindly paid for by a teacher or PTA funds.

I don’t monitor or police chocolate intake at Christmas or Easter, I really don’t think eating it even to excess a couple of times a year will cause any harm at all.

It sounds like OP’s issue could be best addressed by asking family to down size the Easter eggs or buy something else. My Grandparents lived away and would send us a book voucher each for Easter, that became a little tradition.

How bloody dare they?! What’s next, Christmas cards at Christmas? YABVU

You do know you don’t have to give your 4 year old Every egg that ends up in the cupboard? DD gets loads. I don’t think she has ever eaten every egg she’s gifted.

If you’re so against it, why not tell your family to stop?

Faultymain5

It's lazy and inconsiderate of children (like my DD), who were born with teeth that didn't mature properly.

I feel for your dd as for children with other conditions that mean they can't always have treats that others take for granted.

If the teacher is aware it would be reasonable to expect that to be taken into consideration and an alternative to chocolate could be given to that child's class. I dont see that it could be used as a reason for berating all teachers for buying chocolate for their class.

These things always mean a lot to kids, I suspect it's because it is unexpected and out of the ordinary, my daughter always loved it when her teachers got her a little gift of something, be it a celebrations chocolate or a little key ring, she always came home clutching it to show me,

Op, if you personally feel your child gets too much chocolate then the answer is to limit what she gets at home from friends and family,

It is not and never has been to stop every other kid at school getting a smallish egg simply because yours gets loads at home , to think so is highly selfish. And quite unpleasant.

If you don’t like it just eat the chocolate?

It’s a win win

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

So why don't you do that instead of chocolate given you have loads of ideas?

You know you can be wealthy and have shite parents who, yes, may be able to afford chocolate eggs, but just don't bother or forget.

not everyones children are “showered with eggs” mine only get them from me family dont buy them anything.

So why don't you do that instead of chocolate given you have loads of ideas

Exactly.

A £1 easter egg is a reasonable looking gift, a £1 craft pack is tat!

Just saying!

OP I'm intrigued as to why you won't donate eggs given by your friends and family ? is their money worth more to you?

Potentially an inflammatory comment but unfortunately it is how you're coming across.

@Biancadelrioisback

This ties in with my post above. If parents decide not to buy chocolate eggs for their children, does the school have a place stepping in? Is it right for the school to do that? This is more a philosophical question about the role of the school. I realise 99% of pps are on a completely different page to me on this, but to me it is an interesting question.

something craft related

But that's exactly what I used to do! I used to get the kids in my class to make little baskets out of card - then I gave them mini eggs to put in them. Win win!

At Christmas we used to make Danish heart baskets and fill them with home made peppermint creams. So craft,celebrations, cultural diversity and food tech. I knew how to tick boxes.

My child is always happy to share the exact sugar content of the piece of fruit I've given them (as learned in school). They never discuss the sugar content of the 15 sweets they've had at school that week though.

f parents decide not to buy chocolate eggs for their children, does the school have a place stepping in? Is it right for the school to do that?

Honestly, you are overthinking this. It's a bit of chocolate. Let your kid eat it or don't, eat it yourself, donate it....it's not a big thing...it's a kind gesture. Nothing more, nothing less.

Some people will find a problem with anything.

Dd's primary teachers were wonderful, dd doesn't eat chocolate or sweets through choice when they found out they always ensured they had an alternative (usually a pencil and rubber) for her. I never mentioned it, they only found out because dd wouldn't want to take the chocolate home (always a pity because I would have eaten it. ) Just because dd didn't want the chocolate I would never have thought of dictating that others shouldn't have it either

I haven't read the posts following your OP.

Ok so your DD will be showered with chocolate in the forthcoming weeks and you are not happy that school presented each child with a chocolate egg.

What about the children who won't be showered with chocolate at Easter? Are they not allowed a small chocolate gift from school for Easter?

If the gift isn't good enough for your child you can always refuse it. Somebody else would be grateful to receive it - even second hand!

I'm sure your children have breakfast before they go to school. Other children don't. FFS! The world doesn't revolve around you and your privileged children! 🤬

The parent can control it by saying lovely, let's put it up until Easter.

That's all there is to it, really.

First world problems.