Sugary Treats Galore
Then she opened the bag, and I saw a pile of hard candies.
The day before, she had left with a lollipop.
I understand giving them an ice cream pop--it's hot and humid, kids are running around, and it is the summer. But it seems to me that my kids are being showered with sweets everywhere they go--at camp, at school, at extracurricular activities even. My 10-year-old daughter Emily gets a sucking candy from her piano teacher at the end of every lesson. Of course, she is an absolute sweet hound and is constantly angling for more sweets.
However, I am reluctant to call the camp to complain. I don't want to be one of those meddling moms who is overly involved in the details. I know that giving my daughter candy two days in a row is not such a big deal (the fact is my daughter ate only one of the candies, then was happily sharing them with her sister and her sister's friend.)
But....I see it as part of a larger problem, which, of course, isn't the camp's fault.
Stumble It!
posted by pam at 9:11 AM
4 Comments:
You SHOULD call and complain. Nothing will change unless we speak up.
You really should complain. Honestly, I don't let my kids eat much refinded sugar, and I'd be way PO'd if they came home with candy every day. Speaking up helps to change things. :)
Here's what I'm thinking: I call the camp director, and she says, "Gee, well, no one else complains, it's just a little candy, blah blah, okay I guess we won't give YOUR daughter the candy anymore."
And then my daughter feels terrible when the candy is doled out, and the counselor says, "Oh Annie, your mommy doesn't want you to have one."
Then I also think, Doesn't this make it the forbidden fruit? Does it really make sense to make such a big deal of one little candy?
My wife and I were THOSE parents when we would drop our girls off at day care when they were younger. We didn't want them having juice -- milk or water is fine -- no candy, no sugar cereals, no rampant baked goods -- a cupcake for someone's birthday is fine, but cookies are not a healthy snack. And we definitely got the cold shoulder and the judgmental snarls from the day care staff. Now, there are kids in every class allergic to everything under the sun -- nuts, strawberries, flour, cheese, lactose intolerant, blah blah blah blah blah. And no one thinks twice about the request to not include those things in the child's daily diet, and the rest of the kids are forbidden from bringing anything remotely related that the poor little allergy sufferers could even look at funny, like a peanut butter sandwich. So, should we simply say hey, our kids are allergic to junk food, please don't give it to them? Parents have the right to make choices and decisions for young children, and it's no one else's right to question it or violate the wish. You should call the camp and tell them they're not doing anyone any favors by giving children candy.
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