some candies have peanut by products in them. and these are the rules.
Mom can home school her then.

Nor is candy corn a peanut product.

and that is over 50 years ago..We were not allowed to chew gum nor bring candy into the classroom.
It seems some schools do and some don't

There is so much child obesity now it is very alarming. Candy is not at all nourishing.

birthdays and the actual day of Halloween. My children couldn't either. I don't see anything wrong with the policy of not letting kids have candy in school. I don't see at all why the mother had to contact a news station over it.

justice and an end to oppression, and there are simply no other outlets available for that impulse...

I agree, it's really bizarre to call a news agency over this, and equally odd that they decided to print it. I shudder to think what was next in line, if this gripping story hadn't run.

My school allowed candy of all types.. you had a strict school

candy rather odd, to be honest. Neither of my kids could bring candy to school either.

We're talking candy here. Not Hostess.

Are you saying that kids cannot pack dessert in their lunches now? If you get right down to it peanut butter and jelly on bread is just about as nutritional as a snickers bar. Both have a slight amount of protein and a butt load of empty carbs!

My son is twenty nine so granted I have been out of it for a while but if the school tried to tell me what to send with my child I am certain I would have had something to say about it!

Sorry, but there's really no space for an argument here.

I try to get healthy snacks to send to school, and one day my kid came home and said, "Oh, try not to send that one snack" -- a trail mix that had chocolate chips in it, among the nuts and granola and dried fruit -- "because it has candy in it."

I said, "Oh, OK, no problem." It was a good reminder to keep treats as treats and look for better snacks. End of story.

If my SIL came home with a story like that I'd send her back the next day with twice as much with a note that reads, "Do it again and I'll double it again. Keep this up and there will be a side-dumper full of candy corn on the front walk before week's end."

" The school district says there was a miscommunication about the healthy snacking policy. They say Sarah had two snacks with her, and that her teacher chose for Sarah to have the healthier option."

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This is an established school policy. Mom is misinformed. Sarah can get sugared up at home.

Why the hell couldn't the kid have both? Most kids have hollow legs and will Hoover up everything they get for lunch (unless it's something nasty left over from dinner the night before).

and the parents who showed up to participate in helping to establish policy.

if they prohibit kids from wearing rosaries?

Besides, before Madonna came along, it was considered extremely disrespectful to wear a rosary like a necklace.

And in any case, they're not saying the kid can't do it, only that he needs to wear it inside his shirt where nobody can grab it and choke him with it.

And finally, you do know it violates TOS to threadshit by bringing in old garbage from different threads, don't you?

We're done here. Really.

If anything, she made it not respectable.

Different Catholic ethnic groups have had different practices with regard to wearing the rosary, long before Madonna came around.

And you're wrong about the school's dress code. It said "No rosaries are allowed."
And yet it didn't ban the Star of David or any other religious symbol.

The American Civil Liberties Union is on the side of students who want to wear religious symbols, and anyone who respects the Constitution should, too.

This is a far more fundamental right than the right to consume candy corn.

Seriously...constantly hearing about "needing time to pray." PRAY AT HOME...and heat a handful of candy corn. Or have a Necco Wafer placed on your tongue if you're Catholic.

Candy is (usually) Sugar, oils/grease, flavoring, emulsifiers

Lots of food products have those ingredients ...are they candy ??

It was part of the girl's lunch. It did NOT have peanuts, as another poster posited.

This is just an example of school authorities overreaching their bounds.

Idiotic. And, yes...this should be news.

We hold the school accountable. Sometimes they need to be shamed.

My mom packed a few cookies with my lunch every day.

I could see if the kid had only candy in her lunch.

It has to do with the joys of sugared up kids and the inevitable sugar crash creating an unproductive learning environment. (Was that politically correct enough for "STUPID PARENTS - FEED YOUR KID LIKE YOU WANT THEM TO LEARN SOMETHING?&quot

I am told that every year the little lawyer children demand to know why they can't bring candy to school, and point out that cookies (which are allowed) frequently have more sugar. The principal usually explains it very nicely that they had to draw a line some where and "candy" was where they drew it.

Then there is the Evil Teacher (who I bluntly admire) who always pretends shock that "cookies have sugar in them? we should ban the cookies, too!" at which point the little lawyers shut up and promptly begin insisting it isn't that big of a deal, and thank you they would like to keep their cookies.

Sometimes it is all in the way you explain things.

Educate, don't dictate

I taught my kids to eat in moderation and both are healthy. I am addicted to sugar. I am working on it. I am eating better. I am eating plenty of protein, whole grains, and fruits and vegetables. I am avoiding processed flour and sugar products, and I have lost 10 lbs. But I still eat something sugary every once in a while.

disrupts the classroom/learning environment for everyone. (I say this as a mom of a kid who is currently disrupting his classroom with issues other than sugar - sigh.)

In a perfect world these types of common sense rules would not have to be made; unfortunately, Pop-Tarts, (lots of sugar added) Breakfast Cereal, (lots of sugar added) "Go-Gurt", (lots of sugar added) "Fruit" Drinks are just the start - seriously, it isn't like it was when we were kids when a candy bar was a special treat. Drawing the line somewhere at "candy" seems very reasonable to me.

When the kids are bouncing off the walls, the teachers spend more time trying to control them than teaching, and everybody loses. Most people aren't allowed to get drunk at work; sugar excess kind of does the same thing to most kids (along with the bonus headache crash similar to a hangover).

Again, if common sense were common, it wouldn't be an issue, but idiots are everywhere.

And yes, sometimes I am one of them.

For the sake of constructive argument:

First, I'll acknowledge that authoritarian rules often backfire, have unintended consequences, and that we ought to err on the side of liberty rather than more rules.

Then I have to point out, though, that anyone, parent or community member, who thinks we ought to butt out and let kids have their candy at school...THOSE people need to spend all day in an overcrowded classroom trying to teach 30+ students who are spiking and crashing on sugar highs and lows...and have their job evaluations and security be based on how well those students perform on standardized tests.

You are correct when you say that we should educate, not dictate. A good way to do that would be a blitz of public service announcements on tv and radio, since the majority of America spends a lot of time there. We can't pay for the education we demand at this point, though, so where does that money come from?

Sending more stuff home that parents don't read is not the way.

My school does not have any rules about candy or soda. I do, though. No candy or any drink except for plain, non-flavored water is allowed in my room at any time unless I've given advanced permission for some sort of special treat. The students know why. The parents, if they ask, which they never do, learn why.

(Exception: my diabetic student has juice and candy in the cupboard, along with testing supplies and medication.)

Everything you just said, I agree with 100%.

And fair. And loving. And fiercely supportive. My students know this; they don't hold strictness against me.

shows that it is about control, not about keeping kids from consuming sugar. That sort of creepy game playing is no way to educate children. It says rules should be arbitrary and the reasons for them can be false. That policy is devoid of ethics.

Personally, I'm with you - ban all the sugar crap from school because excess amounts should be a treat.

Drat. Now I want a candy bar.

Tell people they're never allowed to eat sugar ever again. Yeah, that's going to work.

I'm not even sure it's food.

tried to make my group sell during the Halloween candy sales drive. And to top it off, that particular candy corn had been left over from the previous year!

But even then, it wasn't nearly as bad as the "circus peanuts"

They give out candy fairly regularly there for rewards. His teacher keeps a giant bag of snack size candy on her desk for this purpose. I pack a small candy bar or homemade brownie in his lunch every day.

On his birthday I can take treats but they have to come from a bakery or be pre-packaged. I can't bring homemade treats for the whole class.

Kids share. One shared some peanut butter cups. Epi pen and hospital.
I wouldn't give my kid candy corn to take to school. How about some grapes?

Grapes? Choking hazard. I would suggest food capsules supplied by the school, formulated by a computer program containing the individualized diet requirements, medical and parental, of each child. Under strict supervision so that kids can't trade meals, of course. I think a good name for the program might be Brave New Lunch Menu.

My kids is autistic and in a school for kids with disabilities. So they have to be picky, a lot of kids have medical issues.
But your idea is good too.

for wearing a candy rosary to school!

They'll help build self-esteem, coordination, and toughness on the playground:





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I have mixed feelings about this, but schools need to have rules and some of them will restrict some of the students' freedom. And the kid can eat candy the other 16 hours of the day, so I'm not seeing this as an "Attica" moment.

corn at home.

Take your tea party posts where you will get the desired response.

...school rules like that seem excessively intrusive to me, whatever the motivation.

to put in any sweet treat for her child that she wants to.