Posted by Joe
| November 12, 2009
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Recently, several schools have implemented a meal program that is planned through the family computer. All those years you got your fix of treats by spending your lunch money to buy brownies and chips are no more. Parents now have to ability to restrict their children’s lunch by pre-ordering their meals through the internet. Pretty upsetting, right?
Recently, several schools have implemented a meal program that is planned through the family computer. All those years you got your fix of treats by spending your lunch money to buy brownies and chips are no more. Parents now have to ability to restrict their children’s lunch by pre-ordering their meals through the internet. Pretty upsetting, right?
With increase attention put on childhood obesity, it isn’t surprising that some schools have implemented a controlled lunch plan. We also have to take into consideration that kids will be kids and eat just about anything that is sweet, even when they may be allergic to it. A pre-paid lunch plan, not only gives parents the ability to give their children a healthy lifestyle but also be wary of any pre-existing medical problems the kids may encounter with food.
However, shouldn’t kids be able to make their own decisions? How else will they learn to be an adult? I, for one, would have been very upset with the restrictive nature of the program.
So what I want to know is: Would you want a program like this placed at your child’s school? If not, how would you help your child make healthy choices?
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