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this is the most stupid idiotic idea yet my god you might as well stop them from eating. sounds like to me the parents cant control them at there own home from eating sweets so they want somebody else to do it

What a great initiative.

The problem is beyond this school alone. When I grew up in the 70s we were flat out riding bikes, swimming, building cubby houses, etc. We ate what we liked and never got fat because of the amount of exercise we did. We had a couple of fat kids at school but that was the way they were, it wasn't a result of sitting in front of TV and the PC eating junk. The cause is the lack of exercise people get now and how to increase that is something I don't know. I would like to see more sporting activities at school and bring back the free bottle of milk and maybe add some fruit. It seems money can be found for everything except schools and health, I think the 2 most important things of all.

Every day I go to work I see kids walking down the street in their school uniforms at 7:30am with slushies in the brightest colours of greens, reds, yellows - huge sized cups and I think thank goodness I don't have to teach them after they eat that. Colours, flavours, preservatives, sugars, it's no wonder we have problems with attention in schools. You're not going to stop kids buying lollies, if that's what they want to waste their money on. Education from a young age about food, especially at home, is the key. Unfortunately this doesn't happen in every home.

It is not about not letting them eat it is about banning items that should not be consumed at Breakfast and on the way to school. And yes if parents made sure their children had breakfast at home they wouldn't need to be buying bags of twisties and a can of coke for breakfast. I also think you'll find that the school offers FREE - yes free - breakfast 3 times a week. Imagine trying to teach a child who is loaded up on twisties and coke - I think it is time parents took more responsibility instead of just giving their kids money and sending them out the door. At least if the bad stuff is banned they will buy an alternative if they are hungry - like a milk drink or such. I think it is a great idea and I think that most parents will. Take the money to school and order a healthy item for lunch after the child has had free breakfast.

This sounds a bit full on doesn't it? Parents can control what their kids eat for at least two out of three meals in a school day, can't they? So what if they spend their pocket money on junk food for lunch or on lollies. Get them out into the play ground for a run around, they'll burn all that sugar up! Let kids be kids.

I applaud the community school and shop for taking initiative in helping with our children's eating habits.
I have seen countless times the youngest kids scrape out all their pocket money they own just to buy junkfood on their way TO school in the store. And many times these kids come in on an almost daily basis. It can range from a couple of sweets to a family chocolate block for themself. They can still buy the junk food after school hours. If a young child can't wait til after 3pm to buy sweets on a daily basis, then is this where junk food / poor eating habits 'addiction' starts -> obesity ???

What about the small business owner - why do they need to agree to limit sales and their income. They have because parents, who are dropping their children off at school, selfishly park in the shop's car park so that their customers (the people who help them make an income) cannot get a car park.
As a parent there are lots of things to teach your child - eating habits, respect for others, consideration etc.
I think that the school needed to remind their parents that parking should be in drop off and street parking and that the shop should not have been bribed for what is fundamentally their right to have their car parks for their customers and their right to sell items without having to become the pseudo parents. They are open to complaints now for not selling items to someone's child because of this policy.