General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

After seeing the thread on educating us all into a better lifestyle by changing dress sizes to read 'obese', thought I'd throw me 2 pennorth in.
Schools are opting for this healthy eating milarkey as well. Now I am all for giving kids good stuff not the crap in chicken nuggets etc, but they are going a bit far.
At the first playtime, about 10.30am our kids used to be able to take in or buy from the tuck shop a packet of crisp or a biscuit. This has now changed to breadstick or fruit cup.My kids hate the fruit cups, they are too sweet for them, the bread sticks are a little bit bland eh.Anyways I now send them in with a biccy or crisp every day, I'm their mam I say its ok. A bit of something sugary won't do them any harm mid morning, its a bit of an energy boost, and they are only young. My kids are also very active, not only in school but out of it too.
I don't mind anyone promoting whats best for our kids, but I do object to it being thrust on us.As long as the parents are watching what they eat,I basically think schools should butt out a little.Its bit too 'big brother' for me. A bit of what they fancy stops them craving it too.
I never ate veg as a kid, I hated the stuff, as an adult I eat mainly veg and very little meat. I'm still here, still healthy , and still got me own teeth (despite chewing on spangles daily)