Banning Milk In Daycare

[mountainside13]

Now they are wanting to ban milk in daycare to reduce childhood obesity!

[NoMoreJuice!]

I only drink almond milk, and that's all I will serve to my daycare kids. In fact, 3/4 of my daycare parents have switched to almond milk at home. Almond milk has more calcium than cow's milk and NO sugar (if you buy the unsweetened variety). Skim milk (that the government wants us to believe is healthy) has 12 grams of sugar in each serving and has been known to cause tooth decay in toddlers!

Fruit juice and milk are two things packed with sugar that have been an unhealthy staple that people believed were good for kids for decades, and it's definitely time to leave those habits behind.

[Annalee]

Now they are wanting to ban milk in daycare to reduce childhood obesity!

That's crazy! I think kids are sitting inside on technological devices is the problem eating junk food. My generation grew up playing outside ALL DAY only taking time to eat lunch and take a nap. We ate 3 meals a day and did not snack all day. Today, children are eating whatever, whenever and going to bed when they want with NO boundaries or guidance.....not all families but the majority are this way. Milk/fast food are no more responsible for childhood obesity any more than pencils are responsible for misspelled words. ::

[daycare]

call me odd, I agree. milk is horrible. we are the only species on earth that drink milk past infant. I don't drink dairy, but it's a choice, all 3 of my kids are lactose intolerant, as are many of my DCks. Milk is all pushed due to government $$$$$$$$$$ there are so many better ways to get your calcium.

Drinking a glass of creamed fat, that sound NASTY

[Annalee]

call me odd, I agree. milk is horrible. we are the only species on earth that drink milk past infant. I don't drink dairy, but it's a choice, all 3 of my kids are lactose intolerant, as are many of my DCks. Milk is all pushed due to government $$$$$$$$$$ there are so many better ways to get your calcium.

Drinking a glass of creamed fat, that sound NASTY

I don't drink milk either except in cereal but I still do not think it is the main reason for childhood obesity.

[NoMoreJuice!]

I don't drink milk either except in cereal but I still do not think it is the main reason for childhood obesity.

True! Eat less, move more=easiest way to prevent childhood obesity!

[Bookworm]

I'm sorry but milk is NOT the problem.

[sahm1225]

That's crazy! I think kids are sitting inside on technological devices is the problem eating junk food. My generation grew up playing outside ALL DAY only taking time to eat lunch and take a nap. We ate 3 meals a day and did not snack all day. Today, children are eating whatever, whenever and going to bed when they want with NO boundaries or guidance.....not all families but the majority are this way. Milk/fast food are no more responsible for childhood obesity any more than pencils are responsible for misspelled words. ::

Lol!! At the pencil and misspelled words!

[renodeb]

I don't think its the milk that's making kids fat, its all the fast food, junk food and sitting on there duffs playing video games instead of getting outside to play and run around. I also think that kids are being given way to much milk at home and then there not eating there real food.
Deb

[daycare]

I dont think that it is the main problem but I think that along side of the fact that you can use food stamps at most fast food places, MILK is a huge contributor to child hood obesity, and lets not forget the #1 reason, SCREEN time. kids don't exercise enough anymore.

[Annalee]

I'm sorry but milk is NOT the problem.

Childhood obesity is just like any other issue in society today....the blame-game. Everything is always someone else's fault. I feel responsible for my own children to help them grow/develop. To a certain extent I feel responsible to the children in my care during the day, BUT taking away MILK will not solve the childhood obesity problem! Powers that be are trying to dictate every aspect of our lives....where are we headed?

[SilverSabre25]

cool. I'd be a lot more keen on getting licensed and on the food program if I wasn't required to serve milk. People drink way too much "other stuff" and not enough water. I don't serve milk except on rare occasions--98% of the time the kids drink water with meals AND snacks. That's IT. And my daycare parents all know it and approve, even overwhelmingly support, this.

If you're going to drink milk, WHOLE is the better way to go, not skim. The fat helps with brain function (yes even in adults) and with feeling full.

Besides, what the hell kinda sense does it make to believe that another animal's breastmilk is healthier for us than our own?

[MissAnn]

Where did you hear this? Food program? Rumor?

[mountainside13]

My local news. I HATE milk!! Can not stand the taste unless it is an ingredient. When I use milk in cereal I will drain the milk off the spoon before eating it. That's my personal preference. I do not believe that milk is what causing children to be overweight! It's what others have posted. If anything should be banned it should be (IMO) juice from daycare and not milk. So messed up!

[SignMeUp]

Where did you hear this? Food program? Rumor?

That is what I am interested in too.