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If you had specifically asked them not to bring them you should have sent them right back out with the Dad at the door.
We would let them have cupcakes but asked that they bring the minis. Some parents sent the mega Sam's Club style ones and we'd cut them in half but the amount of food dye in those type cupcakes is nauseating. What a mess!Comment
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Mmmmm cupcakes!!
I do what the other poster said and hand them out for afternoon snack (so usually right before pick up time).
I actually enjoy when they send treats. I look forward to it actually! But my dcp's usually send mini cupcakes and one of my families will bake special ones just for us grown ups
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Im putting in my policies that no outside food is allowed unless only for that child due to exteme allergies or for the whole group for special occations and because of the posibilities of food allergies such as peanuts (they don't even have to eat it to have a re-action) all food brought MUST be pre-approved at least 24 hours before hand. Any food that is not pre-approved will not be accepted. Espesually after I heard that story about the college student that died from eating a cookie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIsseFbn1qc).
Also I heard that in my state parent's are not really allowed to bring homemade treats at schools/ group child care programs (they need to be store bought).Comment
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I have a no cup cake policy. I have never met a kid who didn't just lick off the frosting and then crumble up the cake.
It is also a state reg here that all treats must be individually wrapped and commercially prepared. Absolutely NO homemade food.Comment
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I honestly dont see what the big deal is. If you dont want them to have the sugar while in your care then send them home with each child. I am sorry but it honestly makes me so upset when people complain about Birthday treats. The kids have a Birthday once per year. Its their special day and they deserve to be happy and celebrate. Our kids are not allowed to be kids anymore and its just sad. The schools are taking everything away from them and they are not allowed to be kids. I understand everyone is trying to be healthy but come on.Comment
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I agree that kids only have one special day a year but unless the parent had the insight to take the day off and celebrate in whatever way they wished to with their child, then the child (family) needs to follow whatever the rules are for wherever they attend.
Call me mean, cold hearted or uncaring but as a child care provider adding an additional task of making sure a child has a wonderful and special birthday experience is really not part of the services I offer.
NO offense to those providers who do go out of their way to celebrate birthdays and such for their DCK's. I mean no disrespect. It simply is not something I do and it is well known BEFORE enrollment so I definitely don't feel as though I am shorting anyone of anything.
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OT - Although I have heard public schools requiring treats brought from home be commercially prepared and packaged I have never heard that same rule applying to licensing regs for FCC.
I get if as an individual provider one doesn't want to allow any outside food but across the board as a reg there's no way that would ever fly.
How would a parent provide pre-packed commercially prepared breast milk for example??Comment
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It depends on the state rules. My ECE teacher who did a class that covered everything in CA's Title 22 says that in our state they prefer everything that is not made at the daycare home to be made at a store because it has to do with nutritional standards, health & safety stantdards (washing hands/ limiting cross contamination), and making sure that the ingredents/portion sizes are listed on the packaging. Although, homemade food is healthier on average but some families have "secret ingredients" that some kids may be allergic too with out thinking about it. I am not going to jeapordize the life of another child because that family didn't listen to my instructions or jeapordize my liscense/business by not following a simple rule. And just because they cannot bring snacks from home doesn't mean that they cannot have a good birthday at daycare, I also plan on buying small gifts and I may make some things or buy a snack for the group- and if the food is store bought and they let me know ahead of time and it is something I say is okay than they can bring it (but dark sodas or overly sugary drinks will NEVER be accepted in my program). Some people also argue that they shouldn't even eat those treats at school/daycare because we should be teaching them about healthy eating choices and healthy habits; though you may argue back that part of that is teaching moderation when it comes to junk food. Some families come from cultures or religions were they don't celebrate birthdays or holidays (in which case they are welcome to tell me not to celebrate their child's birthday or to not be present on those partie days). Some cultures/religions also have strict rules about that they cannot certain food product (like some brands of Jello) or certain combos in one meal (mixing dairy with meat); I think it would be unfair that the child would have to miss out and not even get to try it when everyone around them is enjoying it because there is a posibility that their family doesn't allow it or because he is allergic- also some allegergies like peanuts if someone eats something with peanuts and then touches an allergic person or doesn't brush their teeth and the allegric person is touched by the peanut eater or even smells it they could break out in a rash or worse into anaphylactic shock.
I think it's also a safety rule, because there are some nutjobs out there. Just like when you take kids 'trick or treating' and tell them that if a candy has been opened or has any holes they cannot eat it; although in the whole 200 years of Halloween history there haven't been many claims of tampered candy and in almost all of those cases the tampering was actually done by a close family friend or relative. http://www.tampabay.com/features/par...n-myth/1047841
It's not just that they are bringing food from home, its that it's the intent that they share it with ALL the children in the daycare. If the food is only for the specific child of those parents than it doesn't really matter but since this is group care I don't think fair for only them to get a treat, espesually if you celebrate all the birthdays of the month together on one day. If the treat is only for them, they can wait until they get home to eat it with their own family.Comment
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