[blparent] No more bake sales?

Fri May 11 16:26:49 UTC 2012

Doesn't her husband get a say in the no junk food rule?
No wonder he's rebelling, I would too if my husbanded handed down any policy.
She doesn't get to be the sole decider on house rules.

I'd give the kids junk too, just to yank her chain.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 12:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?

My sister has had her kids in sports and tumbling and dance classes since
they were two years old.  She has a no junk food rule in her house.  So what
do her husband and kids do?  They go over to my aunt's house, which is very
close to theirs, and eat all the junk food they want.  My aunt stocks her
pantry with cookies and marshmallows and the like on purpose for them.
Banning junk food altogether only makes it more desirable.

Jo Elizabeth

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From: "Jennifer Jackson" <jennifersjackson at att.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 4:43 PM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?

> Exercise at school, or perhaps I should say the lack there of, is a real
> problem. My second grader has p.e. three days one week and two days the
> next
> as they alternate. He also only has one recess. Yet people question why
> concerns about ADHD and other neurological issues are on the rise
> especially
> amongst boys. My boys have the real deal in ADGHD, but it is really just
> crazy to expect kids to be still and quiet all day. Many elementary
> schools
> even have no talking rules for the lunch room.
>
> I will praise my kids principal for instituting a rule against taking
> recess
> away as a punishment. However, when our new school building was built two
> years ago about two blocks from the old building, the outdoor elements for
> car pick up and drop off were greatly considered, but pedestrian traffic
> is
> discouraged.
>
> At least this new bake sale law will remove some of the hypocrisy that
> currently goes on with food at school. We are not allowed to send cupcakes
> for our kids birthdays anymore because it is a "healthy" school, but
> professional pr people can come in and get my kids all excited to sell
> over
> priced candy for fund raisers. That would be me sidetracking into politics
> too. :) I just think it would be more appropriate to teach kids that
> occasional goodies as special treats are part of a healthy diet instead of
> teaching them to put moral equivalents on food.
>
>
> Jennifer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Michael Baldwin
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 6:45 AM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?
>
> it is not the problem of lack of exercise at school, it is a problem with
> lack of exercise at home.
> It is all this new electronic stuff. The kids can sit on their butt and
> get
> "entertained". They d not have to go outside and run and ride bikes and
> climb trees anymore for "fun". Oh wait, kids can not do that either, cause
> they might get hurt. Yep, it is societies fault kids are the way they are.
> pretty soon the government will pass laws to make parents take there kids
> to
> mandatory exercise programs. Don't laugh, I can see it coming. Anyways,
> just
> my $0.02 before I get to political on the subject.
>
> Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sheila Leigland
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 1:46 AM
> To: Jo Elizabeth Pinto; Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?
>
> That's an interenting approach to the problem. I'm just as concerned with
> the lack of physical exercise that kids are getting in school. If kids
> aren't getting enough exercise no matter what they are eating we will
> still
> have the problem with overweight kids in this country.
>
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