To think two fruit snacks a day will rot primary school teeth

[fruitbat2021]

Infant school insisting that children have 2 fruit snacks a day and it must be fruit. Can also be raw veg but unfortunately my children don't like raw veg without a dip. I might send it in with a dip.

You can send them RAISINS but not a piece of cheese. How can this be healthy for their teeth? Every time I tell my dentist he visibly shudders.

Do other primaries allow non fruit snacks?

@1forAll74

can't believe that schools have so much influence of what a child can. and cant eat these days. Do they go round checking children's lunch boxes, instead of teaching the children

Really? Some kids would be sent in with crisps, biscuits and chocolate every day if schools didn't have these sorts of rules.

It amazes me that a whole generation of parents allow themselves to be policed by schools and the government.
So pleased my dc are adults.

Yep 80s kid. Absolutely everyone had crisps or a chocolate biscuit (fake club/penguin) for snack.

Also 80s child, and at my school you were only allowed to bring an apple or carrot for morning snack. Strictly policed. I’m really grateful for that. Encouraged life long healthy habits before the crisp and biscuits habits at senior school.

Wow! That was forward thinking. It was pretty universal amongst people my age. Much healthier body sizes then too - I wouldn't want my kids eating crisps for break but I do think sometimes lots of restriction backfires.

Definitely - although my Dc think that’s so cruel, they can’t understand why we weren’t allowed to bring blueberries or mango. No one had those in the 80s!

In the 90s I was often given iced gems for my snack

In the 90's my dc school didn't have snacks at break, just water or milk so even healthier imo.

Yes, there is always the option for your child to just run around and play, at play time. They don't need food between dinner time and the end of school.
I suspect the school rule is there as they had people bringing in 2 or 3 chocolate bars and biscuits, and they are compelled to show they are encouraging healthy eating and educating children whose parents struggle with offering a more balanced diet.

Dc think that’s so cruel, they can’t understand why we weren’t allowed to bring blueberries or mango. No one had those in the 80s! hmm

^^thats so funny! You’re right, we didn’t, but it seems so normal to kids now that all those things are available (not all kids I know). We had apples. Or an orange or pear if you were fancy.

@1forAll74

I can't believe that schools have so much influence of what a child can. and cant eat these days. Do they go round checking children's lunch boxes, instead of teaching the children.

As PP said. Kids are sometimes sent in with utter shite.

"One primary school pupil brought in a pork pie and a can of shandy. He made the lunch himself because “that’s all there was in the fridge”

"a can of Red Bull and a bag of Monster Munch"

"a Happy Meal box with a cold McDonald’s burger and fries"

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/teachers-share-pupils-worst-packed-13248126

Not everyone lives in a MN middle class bubble where kids wolf down their organic hummus alongside a massive salad and wah it all down with filtered angel tears from their eco-friendly cup.

YABU. Although fresh fruit and veg would be best, dried fruit is not particularly bad (and as a previous poster said, beige food like crackers are worse).

nutritionfacts.org/2018/10/16/raisins-and-dental-health/

Not everyone lives in a MN middle class bubble where kids wolf down their organic hummus alongside a massive salad and wah it all down with filtered angel tears from their eco-friendly cup.

I wasn't aware that you needed to be middle class before you realised that it was a bad idea to give your young child red bull to take to school. That's not a class thing, that's a shit parent thing.

@MissingLinker

Not everyone lives in a MN middle class bubble where kids wolf down their organic hummus alongside a massive salad and wah it all down with filtered angel tears from their eco-friendly cup.

I wasn't aware that you needed to be middle class before you realised that it was a bad idea to give your young child red bull to take to school. That's not a class thing, that's a shit parent thing.

Or a lack of education.

Lol

@fruitbat2021

I really love my dentist. He can be a bit serious and did tell me off for snacking too much as he said adults don't need to snack.

The fruit should be with the meals. All treats should be with the meals. It's not about the quantity of sugar it's about the frequency of attacks on your teeth.

I just want to send in a bit cheddar.

Your dentist sounds like a fucking twat. Adults don't need snacks. Tell that to my blood sugar issues. Fucking men.

I think we're past the point where people can honestly claim that they had no idea that giving highly caffeinated energy drinks to children is a bad idea.

And when you resort to the hyperbole of organic hummus alongside a massive salad and wah it all down with filtered angel tears from their eco-friendly cup, all you're doing is perpetuating the idea that a person needs to be in a wealthy, massively privileged position to make half decent decisions about their children's diet.

There is a vast chasm between giving your kid's shandy and red bull in their packed lunch box and hand wringing over "organic hummus". It doesn't take a middle class bubble to give your child an okay packed lunch.

You'd be surprised what parents think is fine.