Comments on: Should birthday sweets be banned at school?

By: katie

katie — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:47:21 +0000

I think sweets should only not be allowed in school on a normal day if like a teacher is leaving and they bring in some sweets then it is different or if it is someone’s birthday . so i think sweets shouldn’t be banned

By: OmegaWolf747

OmegaWolf747 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:12:19 +0000

I think these bans on sweets are ridiculous. There was no such thing as a ban on sweets when I was a child in the 80s.

I would really like to know why schools think such extreme tactics are necessary? Have they been taken over by extremists? Or is this due to parents abdicating their responsibility and expecting schools to raise, instead of just educate, their children?

By: reinarenegada

reinarenegada — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:17:39 +0000

Great, people are finally starting to take initiative. Seriously, kids get enough junk all day long. Half the food they serve in the lunchroom could be considered junk. It’s nice they start here, but they need to follow through. Step up gym classes to more than once a week.

Fortunately I personally have time to be active with my children: almost every day we do something together, be walking, bike-riding, whatever. I know not everyone has the time for this. Since kids are at school most of the day/week, schools should take a little bit of responsibility in helping to keep our children healthy.

By: artio.sd

artio.sd — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:00:27 +0000

I understand the school’s concern for providing a healthy and safe envoioment but you can go to far.
My father was a Type 1 diabetic, with a sweet-tooth. We rarely had anything with sugar in our household because of that, but you notice i said rarely not never. Our birthdays, easter, halloween, valentines day, christmas and when we had special company the sugar ban was lifted. Even dad would partake, especilly if a german choclate cake was involed.
So I do belive banning sweets at school ALL the time is to much. I belive they shoul allow them on special occasions such as birthdays and halloween and maybe valentines day.