[blparent] No more bake sales?

Sun May 13 22:04:08 UTC 2012

I hope you gave that other mom the look.

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Melissa Ann Riccobono
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:02 AM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?

I completely agree.  I actually was a little annoyed with a mom who brought
her daughter to my son's birthday party last year.  We had milk and water as
healthy drink options, but then we also had sodas and juice boxes as drinks.
Soda and juice are both special treats for Austin--he certainly does not get
either one everyday.  And Oriana has not gotten soda at all yet, and only a
little juice.  Anyway, I asked one of the little boys what he wanted to
drink.  He asked for soda, and said his mom said it was all right with her.
I checked with his mom, and she said it was fine.  Then, out of the blue,
this other mom started talking to this boy about how unhealthy soda is for
him, and how he should really make another drink choice.  I was shocked
first of all because the boy's mom was right there and had approved the
choice.  And, secondly because, for goodness sakes, this was a party and, in
my mind, a day for special treats and small exceptions to rules having to do
with healthy eating.  Luckily this mom backed off, but it was certainly an
uncomfortable moment.  People can get just a little crazy sometimes.
Melissa

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 10:51 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?

Now see, I think that's going too far.  I'm all for healthy eating, but a
birthday is something special.  And I'm sorry, kids just aren't going to get
excited about a veggie platter or a fruit tray.  Okay, so someone's going to
write and say their kids love fruit more than sweets and veggies more than
life itself--just wait till those kids venture out into the world and
discover Snickers--but part of what makes a birthday special is sweet treats
that you don't get every day.  I was sorry to find out I couldn't bake
anything at home for Sarah's birthday, but I understood the peanut allergy
argument, so I went out and bought cupcakes.  But I would have been
downright hacked off if I found out the school was dictating that I could
only bring in snacks somebody somewhere deemed healthy.  Why have birthdays
at all in school, then?  Next thing you know, they'll be handing out little
boxes of raisins for Halloween and putting whole grain crackers in Christmas
stockings.  Good grief.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 7:57 PM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?

> Here, no one can bring unhealthy snacks for birthdays anymore.  If it is
> deemed healthy, then it's okay.  Cupcakes no, muffins yes.   Fruit and
> veggies platters yes, crackers with cheese or butter yes, but it 
> depends on allergies in any specific classroom.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 9:14 PM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?
>
> We can't take homemade cupcakes for our kids' birthdays here, but it 
> isn't so much the obesity problem they're worried about.  It's the 
> peanut allergy problem.
>
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and 
> tolerant of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will 
> have been all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, 
> American scientist
>
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> From: "Robert Shelton" <rshelton1 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 8:52 PM
> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] No more bake sales?
>
>> Dang! You folks are good.  We had a slightly different twist down here.
>> The
>> school board tried to get rid of bake sales and the like by waving 
>> the obesity card.  Turned out that the district was getting big bucks 
>> from the vending machine company who didn't want competition for the 
>> market (our
>> kids) that they thought they'd bought and paid for.  We have a new 
>> school board now -- local politics sometimes works.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jennifer Jackson [mailto:jennifersjackson at att.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 5:44 PM
>> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> 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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