Oh, Canada

[Luna]

this is the most dumbest thing ever. My kids are in school and I pack garbage in their lunch because--
1.way to many allegies
2.they have less than 10 min. to eat their lunch
3.try making 4 lunches every day !

but why do they need to meet the requirements at lunch. My kids eat a very healthy breakfast everyday and a healthy dinner (every hear of kids who fight over broccoli or green beans for dinner) so why try to shove it all at one meal. And why would I waste food like this, what happens if my child doesn't eat whole wheat bread (my own kids don't) so why would I send something they don't eat just to meet the daycares standards.

It isn't for the daycare's standards, it's for licensing requirements.

[countrymom]

It isn't for the daycare's standards, it's for licensing requirements.

that doesn't make sense then. Because all the licensed daycares here have to supply the food and they need to follow the day nursury act. The parents have nothing to do with the day nursury act. They are not the ones who signed up for the licensed, it was the daycare, so its the daycares problem not the parents. kwim. You can't charge a third person party for something like this.

[Luna]

that doesn't make sense then. Because all the licensed daycares here have to supply the food and they need to follow the day nursury act. The parents have nothing to do with the day nursury act. They are not the ones who signed up for the licensed, it was the daycare, so its the daycares problem not the parents. kwim. You can't charge a third person party for something like this.

If the center has to supply the food, why did the parents send food? I'm sorry, I'm not understanding what you're saying.

[countrymom]

it had nothing to do with licensing, it was a school policy. You either bought their hot lunch or you have to supply your own lunch but at their standards--sounds like a way to get money out of parents. They have now changed the policy. and since when have ritz crackers be considered a grain product.

[countrymom]

If the center has to supply the food, why did the parents send food? I'm sorry, I'm not understanding what you're saying.

the daycare gave the parents the option of either buying their hot lunches or you supply your own.

[Heidi]

Well, I get it, but I don't necessarily like it.

Charging $5 for the Ritz Crackers is a little bit like us charging $5 to supply a diaper. It's not because the diaper costs $5. It's because it's the parent's responsibility to provide them, and not "forget". I don't do that, btw, but I know a lot of providers do have a charge for that sort of thing.

I get that mom probably thought of the potatoes as a grain. Our food program doesn't, though, and I it sure sounds like the school/daycare provided the information to parent.

They can also only keep so much food on hand for the forgetters. Today it was this lady with a grain, tomorrow someone will forget a veggie, or milk. How much can the school keep in reserve easily to fill in the holes? A slice of whole-grain bread would have been better, obviously.

[Michelle]

How stressful it must be for a child to have your teacher walking around checking to make sure your lunch that your mommy packed for you is good enough.