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

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TulipsTulipsTulips · 12/04/2019 13:22

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?

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chocolatemademefat · 12/04/2019 21:10

How to suck the fun out of Easter!

RainbowMum11 · 12/04/2019 21:17

I haven't ever bought DD6 an Easter egg, she's not bothered about chocolate, she was given a couple last year but they went off.
If anyone wants to give her one, that's lovely
but Easter doesn't mean chocolate here (hot cross buns, on the other hand....!)

Usuallyinthemiddle · 12/04/2019 21:26

If the kid can't move the boulder, they are locked in for the hols too.

Rosie2531 · 12/04/2019 21:28

Some of the other children in those classes probably won't get a hot meal that night, never mind be 'showered' with chocolate over Easter 🙄

The school won't be buying it. The overworked, poorly paid teacher will be buying them out of their own pocket. YABU.

Why not use it as a learning tool for your kids? Teach them to share by donating to the local food bank. If they have so many then that would be a good way to not waste them.

blighter · 12/04/2019 21:28

oh FFS OP. only on MN. chill out. glad you weren't my mum

PostmistressMcColl · 12/04/2019 21:31

Alsohuman in my DD's case, her nut allergy means she can't have lots of types of chocolate - lots of chocolate (sadly) is labelled with a warning to say it may contain nuts or isn't suitable for nut allergy sufferers. And e.g. kids with a dairy allergy can't have milk chocolate.
For kids with food allergy, which they have to deal with every day, it'd be great if schools did non food based treats.

listsandbudgets · 12/04/2019 21:36

It will be a lovely learning experience for your child OP. You can encourage them to write their teacher a thank you letter.

What a lovely thing for his school to do

MatchSetPoint · 12/04/2019 21:46

YANBU, I hate the fact schools dish out sweets and chocolate almost weekly, my son hadn’t had sweets until he started school now it’s a weekly occurrence.

Pieceofpurplesky · 12/04/2019 21:46

I have bought my tutor group an egg every year. They are in Year 10. There are 33 of them. I buy smallish hollow eggs. They are always really grateful. Maybe I shouldn't bother

PostmistressMcColl · 12/04/2019 22:01

Pieceofpurplesky I think in buying treats for your class are doing a very lovely thing! But if a child in your class had a serious allergy and couldn't eat the treat would you not provide something different rather than leave that child out?

e1y1 · 12/04/2019 22:06

Yab completely unreasonable.

It's once a year.

It's getting to the point that nobody anywhere is going to do anything as someone somewhere will find it offensive.

Pieceofpurplesky · 12/04/2019 22:41

Post I buy one pupil something different due to a dairy allergy. I, and most teachers, know our classes.

PostmistressMcColl · 12/04/2019 22:51

Purplesky, that's really great and I'm sure that pupil is especially grateful. I hope my DD has teachers like you in future! Like I say, our experience is that teachers can forget about food allergies and so I'd rather non food treats were the norm!

Cherrysherbet · 12/04/2019 22:54

YABU. It’s still for the parents to monitor. You don’t have to let them eat it all at once! My dd made hers last a few days (well, it was my suggestion!).

Ihatehashtags · 13/04/2019 00:35

Oh dear well that’s the end of her promising life. She’s had a bit of chocolate at school, just give up now.....seriously you are being ridiculously unreasonable.

Pannalash · 13/04/2019 00:41

How very joyless of you OP

snop · 13/04/2019 00:54

My kid get all kinds of chocolate for Easter to the point we are still eating it in September. Let kids be kids mine are so skinny and eat well all the time. So what if they have a treat and I'm Hardly going to make them eat it all a once . It lasts for months in our house. Maybe I'd they where obese or overweight I would feel different

MarthasGinYard · 13/04/2019 01:13

'Why are schools spending money on unhealthy treats that have no educational purpose?'

Sorry this made me laugh for some reasonGrin

How very dare they

Op the joy Hoover

AvengersAssemble · 13/04/2019 01:49

God your poor DC having to go to a nursery where they give out Easter Eggs for Easter Hmm

AvengersAssemble · 13/04/2019 01:54

@cassgate it's a lovely thing you and your colleagues are doing and I'm positive it's very much appreciated. I find the snobs with money like the OP look down their noses on everybody and would not know kindness even if it smacked them in the face.

Rosesaredead · 13/04/2019 07:02

OMG what a killjoy. They were trying to do something nice for the children. This is ridiculous 🙄

JenniferJareau · 13/04/2019 07:04

YABU.

It's part of the fun having lots of chocolates at Easter at that age. Don't be a killjoy.

Ffsnosexallowed · 13/04/2019 07:08

Yanbu. We need to get away from thinking that giving children chocolate is a nice thing to do. Obesity is a huge problem in our country, and is a main contributory factor to many diseases such as cancer and diabetes. If it really was a one off or a treat then I would understand, but fact is that majority of children are getting too much chocolate already. Schools should be setting an example.

Chocolatecoffeeaddict · 13/04/2019 07:10

Don't buy your kid any Easter eggs if you're so bothered. Get a grip.

IntoValhalla · 13/04/2019 07:42

Alsohuman
A milk allergy Hmm

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