Taking Food Away...

[AmyKidsCo]

I serve the food program minimum amounts to begin with. If you haven't seen them before you may be shocked by how minimum they are!

http://www.isbe.net/nutrition/pdf/meal_chart.pdf

I give seconds - minimum amounts again - on everything even if they didn't eat a certain food, but in order to have thirds everything needs to be eaten.

However, if a child was throwing food and spitting it out I'd assume she was done eating and would have her get down from the table.

[Cat Herder]

Is this for real?? I couldn't imagine what it would be like in a center with 100+ kids!!!
So what happens if a child doesn't like any veggies?? You can't serve any to them??

Oh, no... You still offer the veggie, but have an alternate on hand.

These are for KNOWN dislikes. As in filled out on their enrollment feeding forms or noted on their portfolio.

[Heidi]

Oh, no... You still offer the veggie, but have an alternate on hand.

These are for KNOWN dislikes. As in filled out on their enrollment feeding forms or noted on their portfolio.

Does it bother anyone else, at least on some level, that we live in a country where we can allow children to throw away perfectly good food while other's stave.

I know, I know, it's what our parents used to say to us "eat your dinner, there are starving children in Africa".

I'm not trying to be over-the-top here, but dang, some of these regs are ridiculous. We are now teaching children to throw food away? Ok, so we don't have to "rub it in" as far as other children being hungry, but is there no balance?

I don't make food an issue. Like many others, you eat what you eat, and that's fine. But I would gladly be written up before I catered to the "I don't LIKE that"s. Then, don't eat it, but I'm not tossing it and making you something else.

[Blackcat31]

Does it bother anyone else, at least on some level, that we live in a country where we can allow children to throw away perfectly good food while other's stave.

I know, I know, it's what our parents used to say to us "eat your dinner, there are starving children in Africa".

I'm not trying to be over-the-top here, but dang, some of these regs are ridiculous. We are now teaching children to throw food away? Ok, so we don't have to "rub it in" as far as other children being hungry, but is there no balance?

I don't make food an issue. Like many others, you eat what you eat, and that's fine. But I would gladly be written up before I catered to the "I don't LIKE that"s. Then, don't eat it, but I'm not tossing it and making you something else.

We live in a disposable country.

There is NO value in much of anything anymore.

Everyone wants it for free and on demand.


Instant gratification. Soon to be moms can hardly wait anymore to find out the gender of their child anymore.

I have hundreds of examples but that one just came to mind as I have a DCM that is maybe 5 or 6 days pregnant and is already gushing about the date/time in which she can find out the baby's gender.

[Cat Herder]

Does it bother anyone else, at least on some level, that we live in a country where we can allow children to throw away perfectly good food while other's stave.

I know, I know, it's what our parents used to say to us "eat your dinner, there are starving children in Africa".

I'm not trying to be over-the-top here, but dang, some of these regs are ridiculous. We are now teaching children to throw food away? Ok, so we don't have to "rub it in" as far as other children being hungry, but is there no balance?

I don't make food an issue. Like many others, you eat what you eat, and that's fine. But I would gladly be written up before I catered to the "I don't LIKE that"s. Then, don't eat it, but I'm not tossing it and making you something else.

Wait until the online school lunch bill pay is down and your kids account does not update before their class makes it to the lunchroom .

The public school must toss their tray after they make it to the cash register and send them back to the table empty handed. The next day all the kid will get is an I am sorry for the inconvenience, never let it get below $5 again because it can take up to 3 days to balance out.

It is where we are right now... it can't last. It has gone too far. Just wait for it.

[Blackcat31]

It is where we are right now... it can't last. It has gone too far. Just wait for it.

Historically societies crumble about every 150 years.

We are MORE than over due.

[SignMeUp]

Well that's a relief ^^::
Some days I am feeling like I'm 150 with all this stuff

[jenboo]

Oh, no... You still offer the veggie, but have an alternate on hand.

These are for KNOWN dislikes. As in filled out on their enrollment feeding forms or noted on their portfolio.

All of the parents when I first opened said that their kids didnt like veggies.
None of them would even touch the veggies for about 2 months.
Today, I couldn't give them seconds of zucchini fast enough!! But, if I would have given them fruit every day with the veggies, the probably still wouldn't eat veggies.