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So I'm going through my son's backpack and find a note asking me to donate $$ to some cause and the class with the highest donations will recieve a pizza, popcorn, and ice-cream party. While this may sound normal to most, here lately it has been aggravating me. It seems like almost everyday my kids are sent home with a "special treat" for being good or for a good grade, etc. This special treat is always either candy or junk food of some sort.
Now, I'm not saying my kids are dessert or "sweets" free. I like a good apple pie or chocolate chip cookie as much as any person. Most of the time though, when I prepare "sweets" I prepare them at home. I substitute certain ingredients to make the entire treat much healthier.
It seems that everywhere I turn somebody is trying to give my kids crap! They are bombarded with candy!
And it annoys me that schools are giving out candy as rewards. Shouldn't the children be given extra recess or a choice of a small toy in the treasure chest? Should food really be seen as a reward? We wouldn't use food as a punishment so why use it as a reward?
If I sent a toothbrush to the school and asked the teacher to please brush my children's teeth after each piece of candy they are given the school would think I was nuts. If I sent them a dentist bill for cavitites they would also think I was nuts. And then if I ask that my son is excluded from the candy then I am seen as the "mean extreme mom." Then it turns into a big deal and that makes candy just that much more fascinating for my kids. Lose-Lose. *sigh*
Okay, rant off.
Now, I'm not saying my kids are dessert or "sweets" free. I like a good apple pie or chocolate chip cookie as much as any person. Most of the time though, when I prepare "sweets" I prepare them at home. I substitute certain ingredients to make the entire treat much healthier.
It seems that everywhere I turn somebody is trying to give my kids crap! They are bombarded with candy!
And it annoys me that schools are giving out candy as rewards. Shouldn't the children be given extra recess or a choice of a small toy in the treasure chest? Should food really be seen as a reward? We wouldn't use food as a punishment so why use it as a reward?

If I sent a toothbrush to the school and asked the teacher to please brush my children's teeth after each piece of candy they are given the school would think I was nuts. If I sent them a dentist bill for cavitites they would also think I was nuts. And then if I ask that my son is excluded from the candy then I am seen as the "mean extreme mom." Then it turns into a big deal and that makes candy just that much more fascinating for my kids. Lose-Lose. *sigh*
Okay, rant off.
