Junk food in nurseries

[RamblingRosa]

I don't know if I'm just being uptight but I'm really annoyed that twice I've been to pick up my DD (16mo) from nursery to find all the other kids eating cheesy wotsits that one of the mums had brought in "as a treat" while my DD is sat in the corner on her own with a cream cracker because the nursery staff know that I don't like her to eat junk food.

I just feel that they shouldn't really let any of the kids eat junk food in the room because it's too hard to then not allow some kids to eat it. I don't want my DD to feel left out or excluded but I really don't want her to eat cheesy wotsits either! Am I being too uptight or should there be a policy to not allow outside junk food into the baby and toddler rooms?

[LibrasJusticeLeagueofBiscuits]

You do realise that banning your DC from having junk food on the odd occasion that someone else brings it into the nursery will probably cause more problems than just letting them have it occasionally?

[LibrasJusticeLeagueofBiscuits]

No i wouldn't offer a Jewish child bacon but I wouldn't stop other children having it and I would probably ensure that there was something else that they could have. I suggest this would be the solution here.

opps don't you see your argument could be used by both viewpoints. You don't have the right to stop other parents parenting as they see fit.

[cestlavie]

Oops: are you struggling with the concept of choice here?

• One person chooses to give their child "junk" food.
• One person chooses not to give their child "junk" food.
• Each has the right to their own point of view.
• Each does not have the right to impose their point of view on the other person.
• Banning "junk" food from nursery on even an occasional basis does exactly this because it is an absolute.
• Allowing "junk" food to be made available at nursery on an occasional basis does not do this because the individual can still make a choice to refuse it (as indeed was the case here)

If, of course, the nursery were pinning the intransigent child down and force-feeding them Wotsits in a flagrant disregard for the parent's wishes it may be different but I don't recall seeing that in the OP.

Can you really not see that your approach involves imposing your point of view on other people? Some people want to bring certain food into nursery for their kids - yes, they want to, that is their choice, it is something they would like to do, they are very happy about this. You want to stop them doing so even though your child will not have having any of it. Can you honestly not see how that is imposing your view on them? Really??? If not, then I really do give up.

[ScottishMummy]

tell me more of this nurdlery of which you speak.are they full of wotsit crazed scary kids

[ScottishMummy]

hairy toed organic mummies with whiff of patchouli,fair trade biscuits and bloody cickens

[ScottishMummy]

LOl have we met?edible mooncups and placenta puree but nae wotsits..over ma deid body

i quite like the spelling mistakes.like the unpredictable spontaneity

[ScottishMummy]

ouch!togh shit that has to hurt.like shitting a hedgehog.same colour as wotsits though

[ScottishMummy]

cant dictate to other parents,no.but as paying customer i can dictate to nursery.

don't care what anyone feeds external to nursery BUT in nursery i expect health foods.clearly as do other parents as the strict policy is adhered to

as I said my nursery has NO junk food,no externally brought in food