To think other children's snacks are irresponsible?

[cowgirljoey]

The official policy at DS's school (Year 2) is for them to bring a fruit or veg snack from home for break time. This seemed to be what happened when DS was in reception and Year 1, but over time DS tells me that his friends are regularly bringing crisps, chocolate bars and sweets in for their snack(s) and that he is one of the only ones who has fruit/veg each time.

Totally get that this needs fact-checking (I have a few reasons to think is is accurate), but if it is AIBU to think this is something I should contact school about? I don't think it's fair on the kids to be having junk food as a snack, and I've observed myself that lots of them eat barely any of their school lunch, suggesting that they aren't v. hungry at this point (understandable if they've had choc/crisps an hour beforehand). I think that parent are being irresponsible to be giving chocolate as a daily morning snack, but as I have no control over this, AIBU to think that school should be enforcing the fruit/veg policy?

YABU to police what other people’s children eat. That is not your job.

Well speak to the ones who give their kids £1 or two before school and they buy doughnuts or multi bags of crips.

Then your are fighting the parents who say ‘teachers shouldn’t judge’ and cause a stink -

Educate the parents first then come back to school .

What do you hope to gain by contacting the school?

IMO this is almost certainly massively exaggerated by your DS. He’ll have seen one child with a Kit Kat once a week and another with a packet of crisps. Most of the kids will have fruit. But even if it was true, this is between the school and the other parents and absolutely none of your business.

yes, children dony eat in scho, they share all there food

Oh god. Just get your nose out of other people’s business. It’s nothing to do with you what other people feed their children and if school have an issue with it they’ll deal with it. Your job is teaching your child to accept what they’ve got and not tell tales.

Imagine snitching on children for eating crisps 😂😂

That they would enforce the policy. Friend's kids at another local school have same fruit/veg policy and snacks get checked.

Other kids are the responsibility of their parents, nothing to do with you. Different people make different food choices.

If the school chooses not to police snacks, that's on them.

I’d keep out of it and feed your kid whatever you choose

YABVU. Who made you the food Police? It’s up to the school

don’t start being ‘that’ parent

Blue Peter badge coming your way. Mind your own.

Get your nose out of other people's business. I have not heard anything this unreasonable for a long time on here. Worry about your own kids.

Schools have no business saying what food a parent gives their child

If there are concerns about the child's diet or issues around lack of care there are processes they can follow for that, but outside of that, they are not the people in control of the child

Oh mind your own business op. Get a hobby or something 🙄

Do we not have a responsibility as members of the same community to promote healthy eating habits? What justification is there for giving a morning snack of chocolate and crisps every day? Especially given the childhood obesity crisis in this country.

They certainly enforced this at my children's school.
You can't have a policy then ignore it.

This. I can just imagine what the school / other parents would think of this you

Whilst I agree that it's easier for everyone if parents just follow the school rules on this stuff I'd never actually moan to the school about it. This is definitely a MYOB situation.

Why do you think anyone has to justify themselves to you?

Just butt out.

Oh god, you are that parent .......

Thanks for your reply. What if it was another school rule being broken? DS is confused because they know what the policy is (they all got told it when they started school) but DS sees no one following it except for them. I think this must be confusing for a child and makes me seem unfair by following the policy when others are ignoring it. I think it sends an odd message to the children about what rules mean.

Only thing I can think of is that some of the kids really don’t like fruit/vegetables so the parents are sending them in with chocolate/crisps because it’s better than nothing?

On the other hand, there is no point in having a policy if it isn’t enforced I guess.

It would annoy me if the school had a rule and the parents ignored it and the school didn’t do anything.
why have a rule at all?
but it is right that you should feed your own child what you think best. Other parents might not worry that their kids are fat and having terrible diets.