The water only rules. No juice.

[OnlyWantsOne]

It's there for a reason. Isn't it?

So why do some parents still send juice in bottles concealed as water for their children?

One child in my dd's class has juice. Every day. Her mother won't MAKE her have water because she doesn't feel she should have to.

Except dd and one other child I know of have been whining how it's not fair - how they want juice too etc etc etc and I've had enough.

Didn't want to post in AIBU but needed to vent.

There will always be some parents (and people) who flout the rules. Good thing for your DD to learn, that life isn't fair and not everyone follows the rules.

Vent away.

Awww loves you. Have reminded me to check your blog this weekend!

Why do parents do it though? this kid is very over weight could it be related

Different families have different rules. In our family we....[insert activity of choice]

Maybe the parents are worried about there fluid intake and the child's kidneys.

Some children would die of thirst before drinking water.

Not something I would do but then like the op I'm perfect.

It's hard from the teacher's point of view too. I had a kid who had a bad stomach, but wanted to be in for our end of year tests. His mum sent him to school with lucozade, which I said I thought would make the problem worse. Poor child was caught between my advice and his mum's. For his sake, I let him have the lucozade and not have to pick sides.

I would say the juice not water thing is more the parents trying to push the boundaries. It's hard for the teacher because it's not the kid's fault.

I have the opposite issue - stubborn DS who won't drink squash - school takes bug bottles of (made up) squash to away matched - DS comes home dehydrated because there was no water . I told him not to be so daft, but told school they should provide water [inconsistent]

I agree though, the answer is "in our family, we stick to the rules, and that's the rule" otherwise you are into a world of "but everyone else does/gets/is allowed..." pain.

big bottles, not bug bottles, clearly..

ooh I had picture in my head of cute bug shaped bottles for the children to drink from!!!

Same here... They serve up juice and milk, neither of which ds will drink. Usually they keep water bottles on the go for all the children but on several occasions ds has been empty as he's a guzzler and the fountain broken, so he comes home dehydrated.

Juniper, Lucozade used to be sold as an ideal drink for people recovering from illnesses!

I'm not perfect I just think its a bit shitty of parents deliberately allowing their kids to flaunt rules - and then the children think they have one over on their peers and that they don't have to obey rules.

The pupil council were campaigning at one stage for squash at lunchtime as well as at breaks, and DS came home moaning about that "because it means I won't get anything to drink all day" - at which point I did have a not very gentle word with school about the basic requirement to provide DC with water

Our tap water isn't safe to drink, which makes things difficult. The children are allowed to bring in water bottles, and we do have a tank of water but it leaks all over the place and it's not always fresh full because I someone forgets to fill it up.

This also means I have to provide kids with clean cups to drink from, which means taking plastic cups home to stick through the dishwasher, and glaring at any child who chucks their empty cup into the sink rather than rinsing it.

The whole 'water in class' is a pain in the arse, to be honest. I'm sure we all coped when we were little... I don't remember succumbing to dehydration because I had to wait until lunch for a drink.

and how many days of the week do you go from 08.30 until 12.00 without a drink? and ten again until 4.00 pm?

then again not ten again.

it is cruddy.
"Just because other people/parents do stupid/wrong/crazy things doesn't mean I have to" is one of my mantras to DC.

didldidi- I remember there being a break mid morning when we could all get a drink.

Juice in bottles is dreadful for tooth health. Only water in my class. I check.

Tell your daughter they'll be paying the dentist a lot more visits then her and if you want to get gory explain how sugar free additives aren't particularly helpful to the body. It really annoys me as a teacher as what does it teach the child about respecting rules? I've known many a little jonny who won't drink water at home guzzle it in school. Same with free fruit! When I taught year two we did a reward scheme to get the children to try different types. The stages were: kiss it, lick it, taste it. You'd think we were trying to poison them the way some parents reacted. We never forced the children to do any of the stages, parents were regularly amazed by what they'd eaten. Sorry rant over!

ds has juice in his lunch box, he would go the whole time at school without anything to drink otherwise.

It's the ones that constantly forget to take home their water bottles that I worry about, despite the numerous reminders.
The exotic tastes, the multiple colours...

That's not squash, it's algae.Possibly toxic.
Squash and juice can make some amazing blooms that Fleming would have envied. All that sugar.

Well my DD would allow herself to become dehydrated rather than drink water, to the point of UTIs and constipation. But hey we had to live with that because them's the rules. Anything other than water in the bottle got tipped down the sink. I remain unconvinced that this was actually better for her health than allowing her to drink squash. She will now, after a few years of school, drink a teeny tiny amount of water, enough to not get ill. So I guess she learnt. Perhaps some would consider it worth all the tears shed over poo that wouldn't come out.

I had dispensation to send dd in with juice.

she would not drink water, to the point of dehydration (proper dehydration; properly on drinking strike - at her worst she went 9 months without drinking a single drop of liquid)

I am sure it irritated the hell out of other parents, as many children probably did the 'but X has juice' routine.

ulitmately, that was not my problem. my dd's health was (and is - after years of working on her drinking habits, she will now drink freely, but still won't drink water)

Also what's really shitty about the situation - I know the teacher is aware and has spoken to the parents. But still child is allowed to bring juice so other children think its ok for her to not do what she's told

Fwiw when that kid has been at mine in the past playing with D, I haven't offered juice / squash (and it is squash in the water bottles) I have simply given water - she has drunk it without a complaint.