Anyways, if taxpayers are responsible for subsidizing other people’s health through wealth redistribution, or through premiums driven up by mandates and stipulated coverage, I am all for this.
Total first world problem, “oh that food isn’t good enough we’ll throw it away and you eat this” noce that the government has solved all our problems
<----Is thinking about buying an abandoned missile silo and starting his manifesto
[quote]Bonesaw93 wrote:
[quote]Grneyes wrote:
[quote]Bonesaw93 wrote:
Apparently 3 chicken nuggets is the better option. This is beyond ridiculous.[/quote]
The mom said she was a picky eater so packed what she would eat. It would make sense that the chicken nuggets were the only part of the meal she liked, so that’s all she ate.
It was also my understanding that the lunches weren’t taken away, they were pronounced not good enough and the school would provide whatever was lacking. Obviously no one explained this to the girl, they just said it wasn’t good, so she didn’t eat it.[/quote]
Valid point. But I think many kids at that age would do something similar.[/quote]
Definitely! Chicken nuggets = junk food, for some reason.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Grneyes wrote:
[quote]limburg wrote:
Regardless, they have no right to charge the parents. They have spent money to make a sack lunch if the the government deems it necessary to suppliment that due to THEIR rules then the parents have already paid for it out of their taxes. If there is not enough money, then Food Nazi Michelle Obama can pay for it out of her Target purchased pocket![/quote]
Oh, I agree with not charging the parents! What does the USDA guidelines have to do with what I feed my child? Why do I, a personal citizen, have to follow the laws for institutions providing food?[/quote]
Conform or GTFO!
You shoulda seen that one coming. You poor girl, you have a lot of grief coming over that statement. Repent now and I will show (some) mercy.[/quote]
LOL…not one of my better moments, to be sure. But I stand by what I said in that thread.
I guess they thought chicken nuggets were healthier than a turkey sandwich. What morons! So lets throw away a very healthy lunch, make her eat something that is recycled garbage AND send the mom a bill. Courtesy of your friendly lunch police.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Grneyes wrote:
[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Grneyes wrote:
[quote]limburg wrote:
Regardless, they have no right to charge the parents. They have spent money to make a sack lunch if the the government deems it necessary to suppliment that due to THEIR rules then the parents have already paid for it out of their taxes. If there is not enough money, then Food Nazi Michelle Obama can pay for it out of her Target purchased pocket![/quote]
Oh, I agree with not charging the parents! What does the USDA guidelines have to do with what I feed my child? Why do I, a personal citizen, have to follow the laws for institutions providing food?[/quote]
Conform or GTFO!
You shoulda seen that one coming. You poor girl, you have a lot of grief coming over that statement. Repent now and I will show (some) mercy.[/quote]
LOL…not one of my better moments, to be sure. But I stand by what I said in that thread.
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If that’s the case why would you not be willing to conform to the USDA guidelines? Why the inconsistency? Don’t you understand the problem that you have created for yourself?[/quote]
Those are guidelines for institutions providing food to children. What I do in my own home, what I decide to feed my kids, does not fall within those guidelines. I am not an institution. Granted, I also don’t agree with parents who let their kids eat McDonald’s or junk food all the time either. As a parent you have an obligation to make sure they have a healthy diet and give them the best tools to grow and thrive. I don’t need the gov’t telling me how to do that in my own home.
First they are supplementing, what was already provided based on their standards. I can understand that they want better choices. Some family’s meet these standards every day.
They made a mistake by telling the youth that what they had was bad. They should have said you almost have it right, lets add this thing to your meal. That way the youth would have had the opportunity to learn the basics on balanced food choices.
Real quick question on this topic? Maybe some of you out there already know to this one.
Has the new food choices by the Department of Health and Human Services, included food allergy’s? And health conditions of some of their students?
Example: Diabetics?
Gluten intolerance.
Dairy intolerance.
Just saying some youth can not have these things at all. Will they be forced by this administration to comply? Or is going to be the responsibility of the family’s to provide a Dr note to protect their youth?
[quote]TenashusReslushn wrote:
First they are supplementing, what was already provided based on their standards. I can understand that they want better choices. Some family’s meet these standards every day.
They made a mistake by telling the youth that what they had was bad. They should have said you almost have it right, lets add this thing to your meal. That way the youth would have had the opportunity to learn the basics on balanced food choices.
Real quick question on this topic? Maybe some of you out there already know to this one.
Has the new food choices by the Department of Health and Human Services, included food allergy’s? And health conditions of some of their students?
Example: Diabetics?
Gluten intolerance.
Dairy intolerance.
Just saying some youth can not have these things at all. Will they be forced by this administration to comply? Or is going to be the responsibility of the family’s to provide a Dr note to protect their youth?
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I’m still not even sure WHY the meal was “bad”. It had a turkey and cheese sandwich, there’s your meat, dairy and grain groups. It had a banana so there’s your fruit. You only need a fruit OR a veggie not both, so it sounds like it was okay unless they are saying the potato chips invalidated all that but the one admin said there’s nothing in the rules saying you CAN’T have extra stuff. The inspector was definitely a food nazi.
Another one is if the kid is lactose intolerant. Or, in the case of a friend of mine, her kid is vegetarian, has been since toddlerhood. My friend is definitely NOT a vegetarian but her son hates meat. Would they force that on him?
[quote]TenashusReslushn wrote:
First they are supplementing, what was already provided based on their standards. I can understand that they want better choices. Some family’s meet these standards every day.
They made a mistake by telling the youth that what they had was bad. They should have said you almost have it right, lets add this thing to your meal. That way the youth would have had the opportunity to learn the basics on balanced food choices.
Real quick question on this topic? Maybe some of you out there already know to this one.
Has the new food choices by the Department of Health and Human Services, included food allergy’s? And health conditions of some of their students?
Example: Diabetics?
Gluten intolerance.
Dairy intolerance.
Just saying some youth can not have these things at all. Will they be forced by this administration to comply? Or is going to be the responsibility of the family’s to provide a Dr note to protect their youth?
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Grain and diary are absolutely unnecessary foods. The only reason they are in there is because they have strong lobbies. I don’t want any fuck-tard bureaucrat with a dozen lobbyists pushing his buttons so much as evaluating, much less “supplementing,” my child’s diet.
The government doesn’t know and has no right determining what a “better” option is.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]TenashusReslushn wrote:
First they are supplementing, what was already provided based on their standards. I can understand that they want better choices. Some family’s meet these standards every day.
They made a mistake by telling the youth that what they had was bad. They should have said you almost have it right, lets add this thing to your meal. That way the youth would have had the opportunity to learn the basics on balanced food choices.
Real quick question on this topic? Maybe some of you out there already know to this one.
Has the new food choices by the Department of Health and Human Services, included food allergy’s? And health conditions of some of their students?
Example: Diabetics?
Gluten intolerance.
Dairy intolerance.
Just saying some youth can not have these things at all. Will they be forced by this administration to comply? Or is going to be the responsibility of the family’s to provide a Dr note to protect their youth?
[/quote]
Grain and diary are absolutely unnecessary foods. The only reason they are in there is because they have strong lobbies. I don’t want any fuck-tard bureaucrat with a dozen lobbyists pushing his buttons so much as evaluating, much less “supplementing,” my child’s diet.
The government doesn’t know and has no right determining what a “better” option is.[/quote]
No shit! If they think chicken nuggets are healthier than a turkey and cheese sandwich!
I double checked the article and it definitely says one portion of meat, not just protein, so apparently other sources of protein are not considered.
[quote]pushharder wrote:
This could be another chapter in John Ross’ book, Unintended Consequences.
Borrow it from your local library.[/quote]
I had forgotten I read that book a long time ago. It was great. I might have to dig it out of the attic and look at it again
[quote]Grneyes wrote:
[quote]TenashusReslushn wrote:
First they are supplementing, what was already provided based on their standards. I can understand that they want better choices. Some family’s meet these standards every day.
They made a mistake by telling the youth that what they had was bad. They should have said you almost have it right, lets add this thing to your meal. That way the youth would have had the opportunity to learn the basics on balanced food choices.
Real quick question on this topic? Maybe some of you out there already know to this one.
Has the new food choices by the Department of Health and Human Services, included food allergy’s? And health conditions of some of their students?
Example: Diabetics?
Gluten intolerance.
Dairy intolerance.
Just saying some youth can not have these things at all. Will they be forced by this administration to comply? Or is going to be the responsibility of the family’s to provide a Dr note to protect their youth?
[/quote]
I’m still not even sure WHY the meal was “bad”. It had a turkey and cheese sandwich, there’s your meat, dairy and grain groups. It had a banana so there’s your fruit. You only need a fruit OR a veggie not both, so it sounds like it was okay unless they are saying the potato chips invalidated all that but the one admin said there’s nothing in the rules saying you CAN’T have extra stuff. The inspector was definitely a food nazi.
Another one is if the kid is lactose intolerant. Or, in the case of a friend of mine, her kid is vegetarian, has been since toddlerhood. My friend is definitely NOT a vegetarian but her son hates meat. Would they force that on him?
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The problem was with the employee misreading the guidelines. They misunderstood the recommendation to be fruit and vegetable not fruit or vegetable.