Lunchbox rules
Posted Sep 12, 2011 05:27:37 AM.
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The first week of school is officially in the books, and some parents are showing their frustrations with “lunchbox rules”.
Moria MacDonald is an education columnist with the Toronto Sun, and tells 570’s Gary Doyle show, school’s and parents have to abide by too many “lunchbox rules.”
“I think it’s completely disrespectful to parents to just sort of hand down this edict, thou shalt not include, X, Y, Z and A, B, C, and expect busy parents to be able to figure out how to do that.”
MacDonald says it’s gone overboard, saying that the government is sending mixed messages to parents, such as to ‘pack healthy snacks’, than banning certain ones based on concerns of allergies.
This caller to 570’s Gary Doyle show agreed.
“I think they’re getting just a little over the top. I spent a great deal of time finding peanut free granola bars, and then my son couldn’t take them to school because they just banned granola bars because some of them have nuts.”
MacDonald adds that lunches need to have a balance of healthy food with food that kids will actually want to eat.
“We parents are supposed to be putting in our kids lunchboxes really health foods, lots of vegetables, and it comes back two bites eaten, that was it.”
She also reminds parents that lunch is just one meal in the day, and the important thing is to make sure that kids eat the food.
