Preschooler’s Homemade Lunch Replaced with Cafeteria “Nuggets”

[Newby]

agreed. However, the idea that they would decide that what I put in the lunch isn't good enough, give the child something else (in replacement or addition), and then bill me for it? I don't think so.

Personally, I don't really have a problem with providing additional items. I've worked with children for a long time. Over the summer, I work with the local YMCA summer camp program. If they come with a lunch that (to use the article's example) was nothing more than a coke and a twinkie, we'd make the effort to provide them with a PBJ or something like that, just so that they could have a reasonable meal and wouldn't go hungry. If all they have is half a sandwich, we'd give them something like an apple or orange to make sure they had enough to eat. Of course, we'd talk with the parent also to make sure they understand that we expect them to provide their child with a reasonable meal. But I do agree that the parents shouldn't be charged for it.

What gives you the right to decide what a 'reasonable meal' is and then to undermine the autority of the parent?

 

[asaratis]

Liberals can't justify their own existence without advocating that they control what others do.

 

[DaGoose]

Liberals can't justify their own existence without advocating that they control what others do.

Uhhhhh...... North Carolina is a RED STATE.

Wana try again?

 

[California Girl]

Liberals can't justify their own existence without advocating that they control what others do.

Uhhhhh...... North Carolina is a RED STATE.

Wana try again?

Kind of makes the conservatives point. There are very few elected conservatives. Blue - red - both fucking control freaks who think that being elected means telling those who elected you how to live.

 

[Conservative]

Liberals can't justify their own existence without advocating that they control what others do.

Uhhhhh...... North Carolina is a RED STATE.

Wana try again?

Then why did Obama carry North Carolina in 2008?

http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/states/north-carolina.html

 

[Katzndogz]

Liberals can't justify their own existence without advocating that they control what others do.

Uhhhhh...... North Carolina is a RED STATE.

Wana try again?

Then why did Obama carry North Carolina in 2008?

North Carolina - Election Results 2008 - The New York Times

obama is black. North Carolina has to prove they weren't racist. That won't be an issue next time.

 

[Claudette]

So three chicken nuggets are more nutritious than apple juice, a banana and a turkey and cheese sandwich? In what universe?

My sentiments exactly.

Hell I'd take that turkey/Cheese, apple juice and a bananna over 3 chicken nuggets any day.

Jeeze. The world is full of fucking idiots.

 

[paulitician]

Surprised the Nanny State assholes didn't arrest the poor girl. Man, what a country we're becoming.

 

[Amelia]

So three chicken nuggets are more nutritious than apple juice, a banana and a turkey and cheese sandwich? In what universe?

My sentiments exactly.

Hell I'd take that turkey/Cheese, apple juice and a bananna over 3 chicken nuggets any day.

Jeeze. The world is full of fucking idiots.

A meal with a fried chicken paste entree and no other food that the child likes has to be better than what a loving parent who knows her child's preferences prepares.

Duh.

 

[paulitician]

Michelle's Food Gestapo show up to arrest this poor girl's parents yet? Questioning the Socialist Nanny Staters/Police Staters cannot be tolerated. What a country.

 

[bodecea]

Liberals can't justify their own existence without advocating that they control what others do.

Uhhhhh...... North Carolina is a RED STATE.

Wana try again?

Beat me to it....and just in case someone wanted to rant about teachers' unions....they don't have them.

 

[bodecea]

Michelle's Food Gestapo show up to arrest this poor girl's parents yet? Questioning the Socialist Nanny Staters/Police Staters cannot be tolerated. What a country.

STATE rules, not FEDERAL......geesh, it's funny to watch you fall over your own foot-n-mouth.

 

[paulitician]

Easy solution to this. Just have Michelle's Food Gestapo arrest & imprison the parents, and then place this girl into Foster Care. That way these horrible parents will no longer be around to abuse this poor girl this way. YOU GO NANNY STATE!!

 

[RDD_1210]

I don't see any problems with this. The parents are obviously unfit and don't know how to care for their own child. I think the government should step in and ensure that this child receives the nutrition that he/she needs. This is another example of government getting it right.

 

[Amelia]

I don't see any problems with this. The parents are obviously unfit and don't know how to care for their own child. I think the government should step in and ensure that this child receives the nutrition that he/she needs. This is another example of government getting it right.

Fried chicken paste for all!

 

[paulitician]

These parents are clearly Terrorists. Quick, call Obama's Gestapo!

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Nanny state at its finest

Preschooler’s Homemade Lunch Replaced with Cafeteria “Nuggets”

A preschooler at West Hoke Elementary School ate three chicken nuggets for lunch Jan. 30 because a state employee told her the lunch her mother packed was not nutritious.

The girl’s turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines, according to the interpretation of the agent who was inspecting all lunch boxes in her More at Four classroom that day.

....

"The girl.....her Mother.....her Grandmother....."......no actual-NAMES????

Yeah.....sounds like some major-league BULLSHIT, alright.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

Liberals can't justify their own existence without advocating that they control what others do.

Uhhhhh...... North Carolina is a RED STATE.

....And, quite-obviously aren't sharp-enough to name each-other.

 

[Misty]

You can't put your kid in daycare without signing an approved diet for your kids.

 

[Rocko]

you have GOT to be fucking kidding me.

If 'I' provide a lunch for my child, NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE has a right to over rule me on what I put in it. Period.

If they want to govern what THEY provide, by all means, they can do so. But they should not be able to govern what 'I' provide to my child.

To be fair, from what the article says, it sounds more like the idea behind the regulation is that if a child doesn't have a balanced meal, the school is supposed to provide additional items for the child. They're not allowed to take the lunch away. But still, that means that this is a horrible failure of execution and implementation of the law. If the state is going to do this, they have a responsibility to do it right.

to be fair, you're an idiot!

The government imposing themselves in the sense of mandating balanced nutrition, wether it's on the State or Federal level, goes above and beyond the function of government. It was not only poorly executed, but poorly conceived.