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2008-04-05 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Institutional Idiocy: School bans birthday cake

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Posted by Free Radical 2008-04-05 12:54|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Notice how "guidelines" and "advice" quickly become edicts, mandates and dictates?

Fits right in with all the health-Nazis.

Posted by AlanC 2008-04-05 15:47|| 2008-04-05 15:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Schools in San Diego don't allow cakes, cupcakes or cookies on occasions like this because they're afraid the parents might have baked them in the same kitchen they use to cook meth.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2008-04-05 15:51|| 2008-04-05 15:51|| Front Page Top

#3 nothing ,like a good ole meth cake

Posted by sinse 2008-04-05 16:00|| 2008-04-05 16:00|| Front Page Top

#4 sinse, with a nick like yours I'd figure you for a hash brownie type rather than meth cake.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-04-05 16:10|| 2008-04-05 16:10|| Front Page Top

#5 now, Abu...that's not true and you know it.....it's a good urban legend though, but how many meth lab parents prepare goodies for their kids? Or even lunch?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-05 16:16|| 2008-04-05 16:16|| Front Page Top

#6 They should really consider changing the city's name to Cromwell.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-04-05 16:39|| 2008-04-05 16:39|| Front Page Top

#7 For years, textbook publishers who wanted to sell books in California couldn't print stories about kids having cake or other sweets because some state representative got a bill through against such pernicious material.

Posted by mom">mom 2008-04-05 17:18|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2008-04-05 17:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Here in the South (at least, as far as 4 years ago), we'd not only allow cake at school, but the kids would eat it in front of other kids who couldn't have it.

For example, the Mormons don't believe in celebrating a birthday, so the poor 5 year-old would sit in the back while all the other kids would eat cake.

Posted by BA 2008-04-05 18:00|| 2008-04-05 18:00|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm going to side with the school. The reason being kids giving cakes, sweets etc to other kids undermines parents efforts to give their kids reasonably healthy eating habits.

My daughter never had lollies (candies) or soft drinks when she was young and didn't know what they were until other parents started giving them to her at her kindergarten. Of course then she started demanding them when we went to grocery store. Whereas up until then the racks of candies, might as well have been toilet cleaners for all they meant to her.

I'm no health nazi, but I must admit it bothers me how often I see parents bribing their kids with sweets and junk to 'behave', Ie rewarding bad behaviour.

I differ from most, in that I think obesity, ADHD issues and similar are primarily behavioural issues, although with a significant and synergistic metabolic effect.

Posted by phil_b 2008-04-05 19:20|| 2008-04-05 19:20|| Front Page Top

#10 sorry Phil - "I'm no health nazi" and "My daughter never had lollies (candies) or soft drinks when she was young and didn't know what they were until other parents started giving them to her at her kindergarten" sounds a bit contradictory. If you choose to do that with your child? I have absolutely no problem with - it's the enforcement upon the other children because your child might be embarrassed by what you enforce at home.
Suggestion?
Explain to your child why you enforced that upbringing/rule along with the logical/reasonable explanation? Your informed and morally strong child would repulse all attempts to seduce her with sweets and candies!

Or: it's all bullshit and these are kids. Let em live a kids' life before you nanny-staters enforce your grim straitjackets upon them? My opinion, your mileage may vary

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-05 19:35|| 2008-04-05 19:35|| Front Page Top

#11 I'd by a car from you.

Posted by Gabby Cussworth 2008-04-05 19:45|| 2008-04-05 19:45|| Front Page Top

#12 Crepe.

buy

PIMF

Posted by Gabby Cussworth 2008-04-05 19:45|| 2008-04-05 19:45|| Front Page Top

#13 Gabby Cussworth, how about a bridge, do you need one? ;-)

Posted by twobyfour 2008-04-05 23:08|| 2008-04-05 23:08|| Front Page Top

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