Not allowed to feed your children

The school has no business doing this. I think that a parent has the right to decide exactly what their children should eat, and that right should be respected. I would bet that most parents send their kids off to school with something that is a lot healthier than what the schools are providing, and tastes better too. I know from experience what school food tastes like. Also as long as this rule is in force, it should apply to the teachers, administrators, superintendents, and even school board members. Let them eat school lunches too!

I am not sure whether this mom is over-acted. I can understand that parents all care about their children so much. But we can't protect them every part. It is not good for the children to grow up. If other children can eat in the school, I don't know why there shall be an exception for this child. If this child doesn't have a special reason like diabetes and so on, then why not join and eat with other children? It is a kind of social relationship. If this child can't eat in the school because of her mother doesn't trust the food in the school. Then will they ever go to eat in the restaurants? I have a doubt to it. I think the food in the school is fine, but not perfect. At least their food fits the diet balance. I love China

That's crazy. I don't think a school should be able to tell you that you can't pack a lunch for your child. What if the child has certain allergies to foods and the parent has to pack their lunch. Or what if they won't eat certain foods and end up not eating anything that the school provides them. I didn't care too much for school food when I was younger and packed my lunch most of the time and my mom packed it for me when I was in elementary school. I would be very upset if the school told me I couldn't pack my son's lunch plus I couldn't afford to pay for him to eat lunch at the school everyday.

That is dangerous! My little granddaughter has allergies to certain foods! They have to pack her lunch some days as though they serve two different lunches sometimes she doesn't like one and the other one has things on it she can't eat! I don't think a school should be able to judge what a parent does to feed their child! That is an infringement of parental rights!

As I see it, while the school may have good intentions and this policy will probably benefit kids hwo cannot even afford to take lunch, some kids will not benefit at all. I am a picky eater, and always have been, my mom knew only to pack certain things for me to eat. Even though my school provided lunch, I won't touch it. I am a working adult now and I won't even buy food for lunch. I see my co-workers buy certain food from the canteens and one time I tried that, about a hour later I puked it all up. So all this to say that, they should allow those who want to send their children with lunch to do so and those who want to abide by the school policy to supply lunch to do so as well.

I don't think that a school should tell parents that they can't feed their children. It is one thing if the parents CAN'T feed their children, but to say that a parent can't pack a lunch is just wrong! It is a good thing that the school provides lunches, but it should be optional, not mandatory. Thanks for sharing this!

I think I’m 50 – 50 divided on this. As a mother, I’d definitely like to have a say in what my child eats and the best would be home cooked lunch for him at school (and that is what I do, everyday). However, we must also accept the fact that kids come from various backgrounds and not every household has the same standard or understanding of hygiene and healthy food. For eg, my son has quite a few friends who bring nothing but junk food from home. Its been this way for as long as I have heard from him…its either burger or chips or fries or sweets or biscuits or cafeteria sandwiches or pastries. Now all these junk food are hot favourite with kids and if some of them bring such food for lunch, its but natural that other kids pester their parents too and it becomes difficult to make them eat home cooked food everyday. Secondly, not all kids come from the same economic background…so some of them might bring lunch which is downright bland and simple and cheap…often such kids are made fun of by others. In such cases I think it would be best for all if the school can provide the same type of nutritious food to all kids.

I don't think it is right at all for the schools to regulate what our children are eating. If I want to pack my child alunch for school then I am going to pack my childs lunch. I can understand that some children have food allergies and schools in our area have put on a band on children bringing any thing with peanut butter. Okay that is fine, but tell me I can't pack what I want in my childs lunch. Yeah those people would have to be off their rocker, because I would probably go right into that school and pitch one heck of a fit. Either that or I would pull my child from the school. It is bad enough that they are cutting all kinds of funding for the schools in my area, now they are going to tell me what to feed my child, nope don't think so. I think that this would most certainly outrage a lot of parents.

I think that this should be a choice if students want to bring their own lunch to school. What makes the principal think that the cafeteria food is more nutritious than a bagged lunch can be? Many parents feed their child nutritiously and the food at home can be just as nutritious as the food at school can be. I personally think that the school is just trying to keep parents from being initiative to making positive examples.

It is insane. Children have different choices in food plus there are students or children who has different allergies to foods. Can the school track such allergies? the lunch they might be giving might be harmful to the child! Plus as a parent too i know what is best for my child, i take into consideration what is in my daughter's lunch pack and what will her snacks will be.

hello laglen, Does the school admin knows each student/kids than the parents ? I rather pull out my kids from that school before they can entirely corrupt my kid's mind or take full control of my kid's life. I hope this will not happen to my kids school have a great day

I think I'd challenge the school. I'd make them prove that their school meal (if my kid even ate it) was better than my packed lunch. I think I'd make one heck of a fuss with letters to the editor, complaints to the school board, etc. Prove to me you're (the school) better at being my kid's parent than I am. And if it didn't go my way, I'd change schools and/or homeschool.

I think that is totally off the hook. I agree with you, you should pack your children's lunch. I would not trust food from a school because I do not know where it came from or whats in it. I think all the parents should complain.

That is scary really. If I don't know what to feed my children, no one knows better. First they are my children and the principal is not some kind of domineering god to decide over our childrens' health. I am the first to make that decision, she comes next, only and only when the children are in svchool. Lastly she has no right to assume that my food is less healthier than school food. We are raising these children together. She just has to remember that.

Wow!! How can a school ever really say this? Because I know unless a parent is really rich, school lunches are getting quite expensive, and most of the time not very good. They say they plan more nutritious, etc. than what a parent can? Wow!! Personally I think this is a little absurd, and will create a lot of issues. So they are going to make sure everyone gets fed the foods they need depending on their Health conditions, etc? Sounds like someone has a lot of extra time on their hands.

That is unbelievable. Just because there are a few idiotic parents, they're punishing the responsible ones!! And are the lunches free? This is fascism at it's worst!

i'd tell them to kiss my butt.that's being even more intrusive into the rights of parents.not to mention buying their lunch everyday would get expensive.

I read about this situation earlier. I could not believe that they aren't allowing a parent to pack a lunch for their child! They seem to think they know better than the parent how to feed and care for the child the parent has raised! What if the child has allergies, won't eat certain foods, etc? What does the school do then? Let the child go hungry, or let them eat anything, and chance the child getting sick, or worse, needing hospital/doctor care quickly? Could you then press charges on the school?

..and who is paying for the lunches? I would pull my kids out! Well if they went to public school, I home school because things like this keep happening everywhere. This is anti-American and I would have a lawyer there so quick! First off call Jamie Oliver to go there and show us their school lunches are Healthy. I bet they will turn around real quick when he comes in and shows how disgusting it all is. Schools serve fried mozzarella sticks as a lunch and they want to call it healthy. Canned everything covered in salt and fat is healthy? I hope everyone in that district boycotts this rule.

You sad ringt