Children not allowed squash in school !

Subliminal Aura said:
You've never mentioned that you occasionally pack a bottle of water with your child's school lunch either so what else am I supposed to assume ?

Please stop with this 'IT HAS WATER IN IT' nonsense. The point is the additive that you're adding to the water and the volume of that additive that you're consuming over your lifetime. Just think about it for a second.
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Don't assume anything , go with the facts I'm telling you :rolleyes:

As for the water in it comment. Ofcourse that is so relevant to the post as he is still drinking water. What additives are there in tap water ?

Never had a pint in your life ?
 
vicisthebest said:
Squash is coloured.
When spilt, squash is sticky (as is flavoured water) and it stains/marks clothing, work, carpets etc. If a bit of water is spilt on a school carpet it dries. If squash/juice is, then it is much harder to clean up.
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What kind of grade-a moron decks out a primary school in stuff that is easy to stain? Or works in a primary school in clothes that are difficult to de-stain?

He is 10! What if he gets dizzy and throws up? Is that grounds for expulsion?
 
It does amaze me what schools do and don't allow now though.
My senior school actually had a 'tuck' shop which exclusively sold sweets and crisps!
I've managed to get to 37 reasoanbly fit and with only one filling - and that wasn't related to sugar either.

Yes, serve sensible food, as long as it is what kids would eat, but banning drinks like squash and similar just seems mad.

I swriously think in a few years time kids will get to working age and just not know how handle it.
 
Skywalker said:
So I offer my child a water melon , He doesn't like it so therefore I am not going to force him to eat it as that in my mind is physical abuse ! My children are given choices .
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I can see where you're coming from, however if a child is being pandered to and offered alternatives because they refuse to eat what they are given then it is a problem. Barring a form of allergy an eat what they are given or go hungry approach is perfectly acceptable and far from abuse. It is conditioning an attitude that will benefit them later in life.
 
Woden said:
What kind of grade-a moron decks out a primary school in stuff that is easy to stain? Or works in a primary school in clothes that are difficult to de-stain?

He is 10! What if he gets dizzy and throws up? Is that grounds for expulsion?
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Well, the white shirts that lots of children wear for school would be difficult to de-stain.

And of course not. But in my current classroom I have not had one child vomit in 4 years. I have had lots of spilt water bottles though.

Mainly I think schools say 'water only' because then it's one rule for everyone. You let people start bringing squash, and soon it would be, "what about cartons of ribena/fresh orange/fizzy flavoured water?" etc, and then the healthy choices we must teach children to make would be out of the window.
 
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JBod said:
Jeez some of the nanny state opinions in this thread make me twitch. WATER AND NOTHING BUT WATER NOW GET TO BED IT IS 6PM!!!

I feel sorry for children brought up like that :(
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Conform. Obey. Your government needs you (to do exactly what you're told, and not question anything).

OP, what about Lucozade? It hydrates better than water and contains electrolytes.









:D

On a serious note, I find the school's (alleged) stance extremely ridiculous. Are we in this country so bad at parenting that the schools need to veto what we give our kids to eat and drink? Where is the communication with the parents for Pete's sake? I'd be livid.
 
Skywalker said:
Don't assume anything , go with the facts I'm telling you :rolleyes:
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Don't pussyfoot around the question.... Have you ever sent your son into school with a bottle of water ?

Skywalker said:
As for the water in it comment. Ofcourse that is so relevant to the post as he is still drinking water. What additives are there in tap water ?
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and to this Sir I say :rolleyes: because the additive is what you are adding - get it - add it tive ? ie squash is the additive.
 
SpeedFreak said:
I can see where you're coming from, however if a child is being pandered to and offered alternatives because they refuse to eat what they are given then it is a problem. Barring a form of allergy an eat what they are given or go hungry approach is perfectly acceptable and far from abuse. It is conditioning an attitude that will benefit them later in life.
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But know what my kids do and don't like by seeing them when they try something makes my original approach perfect as I know they do and don't like. Even better that they have the attitude to try everything and not scare from new things and give up like most people now adays
 
SpeedFreak said:
I can see where you're coming from, however if a child is being pandered to and offered alternatives because they refuse to eat what they are given then it is a problem. Barring a form of allergy an eat what they are given or go hungry approach is perfectly acceptable and far from abuse. It is conditioning an attitude that will benefit them later in life.
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That depends entirely on the child. Also forcing a child to eat something that they genuinely have a strong dislike to rather than just being awkward or contrary or whatever is effectively abuse even if people don't want to face upto the reality of that.
 
Subliminal Aura said:
Don't pussyfoot around the question.... Have you ever sent your son into school with a bottle of water ?



and to this Sir I say :rolleyes: because the additive is what you are adding - get it - add it tive ? ie squash is the additive.
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You didn't ask a question so don't pussyfoot around it and you have finally ask !

Yes I have. Plain and fizzy. Both come back with a little gone as he didn't like them .

Regards to additive. From when it rains to our glass , like floride etc .
 
Subliminal Aura said:
Don't pussyfoot around the question.... Have you ever sent your son into school with a bottle of water ?



and to this Sir I say :rolleyes: because the additive is what you are adding - get it - add it tive ? ie squash is the additive.
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I think the burden of proof is on you, as the minority party, to provide evidence as to why it is bad for him.

Although you have dodged this uncomfortable question once already so doubt we will see a response.

Go.
 
Skywalker said:
So my eldest (10) came home from school last week telling me he is not allowed fruit squash in his drinks bottle at school .
Problem being is that he doesn't like plain water and this is all they're saying he is allowed and they have made him throw away his squash everyday .

Any suggestions on how to get around this or if there are any laws etc that say they are allowed to do this or not


Kind regards Luke
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We had a similar issue a whie ago with our sons primary school with myriad of things he could not have in his lunchbox...we were having some difficulty with getting him to eat anything at the time so his lunch was a Chicken or Salad Sandwich, an apple and a chocolate biscuit, the school took away his chocolate biscuit (he was 8 years old or thereabouts) and also told us he could only have wholemeal bread, and not white.....we spoke to the school which had no effect so we wrote to them detailing why, as his parents we have the responsibilty and authority over what our child eats in his lunchbox and this was accompianied with a letter of intent from our solicitor, who also pointed out that the alternative school prepared meals included fried and sugary foods on a daily basis with very little healthy options.

The school relented.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with a child drinking no added sugar fruit squash or unsweetened fruit juice if they will not drink water....it is better they are hydrated at school than not, and I would point this out to the school, emphasising they are potentially risking the health of your child to a far greater extent by removing his drink so he drinks nothing than by simply allowing it and that is also contravenes Government guidelines on unsweetened juices in schools.
 
rotters said:
I'm a parent, so I hope this qualifies me to comment...fruit juices which are sugar free are full of aspartame and other un natural chemicals. When you say your kids don't like the flavour of water, so what? It's sustenance, not flavour that should be important. Have you tried bottled water if your tap water isn't nice? Also cut a lemon and squeeze it in for a natural flavour with no crap in it. Come on now, don't complain about the schools stance as its a perfectly good one.
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Not sure why i was quoted as I am clearly in favour of not giving these drinks to kids as the common drink for the day.

I learnt the hard way...a 6 year old that had to get a tooth filled and we could not understand what we where doing so wrong (other then assuming she was brushing her teeth well).

We didnt have sweets etc in the house but we did provide Robinsons pure or full juice etc to dilute but the dentist was not happy even though he said they say sugar free its full of it and sugar is the worse for tooth decay and those drinks are bad as the kids will sip them constantly so the teeth never get time to not have any sugar coated over them.

BTW: Was in Hayle this week and had to visit Penzance dentist for my 6 year old where this all came to light.

Call my a bad parent if you want but i used to drink juice like no tomorrow in South Africa with all types of weird and wonderful cancer causing colours and im okay (i think) so with the no added sugar and a good brand like Robinsons i assumed it would be okay and take full responsibility and feel like crap for it i can tell you.
 
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You know I'm genuinely interested in why people think things like pure grape juice, or pure squeezed grapefruit juice are bad? The kind without Aspartame and colourings.

Is is just the glucose/fructose content?

Actually... oh my... wow. I'm doing some Googling about fruit sugars and... there are people out there publishing articles saying fruit is bad for you.

Fruit. Bad for you.

The world has officially gone mad.
 
Skywalker said:
But know what my kids do and don't like by seeing them when they try something makes my original approach perfect as I know they do and don't like. Even better that they have the attitude to try everything and not scare from new things and give up like most people now adays
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They're your kids and you know them best. What works for one family does not always suit another. My daughter eats absolutely everything she's given which isn't an accident. I would say that with the water/squash issue you should just let it go with the school. There is nothing to dislike about water and obviously any child will prefer squash to it just as my daughter does. We simply gave her water in situations where she was active and thirsty so that there was no chance she would turn it down.
 
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