This all started as soon as Michelle Obama
Oh... so this is all Obama's fault? Nice....
This all started as soon as Michelle Obama
Oh... so this is all Obama's fault? Nice....
One should question the reason we have had an increase in single parent households "necessitating" subsidized daycare in the first place.Which came first, single parent households or subsidized day care? I think single parent homes are a lot more complex, and have many more roots in our modern culture, than a simple "the gov't subsidized it". Of course, I came from a zero parent household well before preschool was a thing, so what do I know.
Homeschool. Private school. Those are the only options.
My wife and I tried to do things the right way. Got a house that is big enough for kids. Well within our means. Steady jobs. Now find out we can't have kids. OT but still frustrating seeing people who are clearly living on .gov and we could provide well for a child, yet can't have one.
Jason
My wife and I tried to do things the right way. Got a house that is big enough for kids. Well within our means. Steady jobs. Now find out we can't have kids. OT but still frustrating seeing people who are clearly living on .gov and we could provide well for a child, yet can't have one.
Jason
I'm sorry, but I would be at the office the first thing in the morning and advise them that this is MY child, not theirs. And if they have a problem with what I feed MY child, then we can take this to the next level. I am very sorry to hear this. Put up a good fight, contact and attorney, and set an example. I wish this would happen to me...I'd be glad to be boisterous!
Actually, the quality of the food in the Federal program has increased dramatically in the past few years. We serve fresh veggies and fruit, and only French fries are fried. We don't fry anything else. Also, all the chips are baked. The broccoli is some of the best I've had. The quality of the carrots, green beans, and other veggies is as good or better than what I buy at Kroger, and our cooks cook it right, in a VERY clean kitchen, that is randomly inspected, twice a year. I still can't tell much about what is in the chicken nuggets, but you can't tell much about that anywhere, in a store or restaurant, anyway, and again, at least ours are baked. Also, a high percentage of our food we serve is NOT processed. Much of it is made right in our kitchen, from natural foods and ingredients, by real people that know how to cook.
Generally, the federal programs give you some of the food, but they also give you a budget, so it is up to the school food service staff to decide how to spend it. Some do it well, while others buy crap. This is yet another reason to get involved in your child's education. Don't think private schools are so great, either. Many of them get their food.....you guessed it.....from the local public school! You should see some of the crap my kids' preschool feeds them. MUCH worse than what my school feeds kids. Much worse. For starters, they frequently eat peanut butter made with partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. That's slow death in a jar! Bacteria won't even eat that peanut-flavored Crisco!
Bottom line: Don't assume your school's lunches are bad. Go and check it out. I'd feed what we're serving to my kids in a heartbeat. In fact, I will be. My oldest will be attending my school next year.
Unfortunately, I can't speak for other schools, public or private. All I know is what we do and serve, and our kids seem to like it. It also beats the hell out of what most of them are eating at home, anyway. Much of our society has no clue how to eat anything at home other than processed food.
I'm sure many homeschoolers experience the joy of hot pockets and Totinos pizzas, too!
While this is outrageous and I think also a bit of a governmental overstep, the easy way to deal with this is to simply ask the doctor to write them the needed note and make lunch as usual.
And now that the government controls our health care? Practicality is wise up to a point. But going along to get along sometimes means we end up in a place we never wanted to be because we didn't stop and pay attention to where we were going in the first place. This is one of those things.While this is outrageous and I think also a bit of a governmental overstep, the easy way to deal with this is to simply ask the doctor to write them the needed note and make lunch as usual.
Does it count if I've asked why tax money should be used to educate kids whose parents are willing and able to do so?Has anyone raised the point as to why tax money should be used to feed kids whose parents are WILLING AND ABLE to feed them?
Well, if a child's school actually had a rule like that they could seize the lunch, give the kid a school lunch and bill the parents. Treat them like a kid who forgets their lunch or has no money in their lunch account.Wow. Tell them to go pound sand and do it anyway. What are they gonna do, not let your kid eat?
Does it count if I've asked why tax money should be used to educate kids whose parents are willing and able to do so?