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I'd be p!issed!
It's beyond me that the schools aren't required to be a model of nutrition. Let's see... kids are getting fat, but the schools are handing out candy and feeding them other junk. Amazing!
We're teaching our daughter (4.5 year old) about nutrition and have since she was old enough to understand the concept. She gets a treat daily, but it's a single piece of candy (or less) with her meals. We put it on the plate with the rest of the food. She usually eats it first. As a result there's no blood sugar spike and her dentist won't shut up about how clean her teeth are.
It blows me away that people don't see that offering candy as a reward is setting up a life long attitude - that warm feeling associated with praise gets tied to food! Feeling down? Need an emotional lift? EAT! All will be well!
Our daughter had to have blood drawn once. The nurse at the testing center was obviously annoyed at her crying. She says, "We usually give them a little treat and they quiet down." Yeah, I bet they do... while learning that if you're in pain you should stuff something in your mouth!
Sorry for the rant, but you hit a nerve. Our attitude is that she's ours to raise as we please. No matter how different or even off the wall our attitudes seem to anybody else, it's our right to do it our way.
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Lee
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