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post #21 of 35
2/1/09 at 7:30pm
If someone were to force my son to finish his milk, they'd find their feet covered in throw up.

I can't stand that the kids have 20 mins for lunch, yet have to stand in a lunch line for 10 mins. That stinks! They need to set up a second or even third line. I remember that so well from my school days.
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post #22 of 35
2/1/09 at 8:03pm
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Originally Posted by Cookie2 View Post

Sorry, I disagree. I'm of the "finish your milk" school.

I work lunch duty at my DD's school. For a lot of these kids, especially the really young ones, it is a competition to see who can be the first out on the playground. They simply don't know how to eat socially yet and are distracted by all the kids talking around them. They can't focus enough to know whether or not they are hungry or full. Heck, they go outside in a T-shirt when it is 25 degrees F and windy and will swear to me they aren't cold.

I'd not jump on one incident that you observe. That's my general rule of all things at school (and I am NOT a big supporter of public schools to begin with - I'd rather be homeschooling). I recommend responding to TRENDS that you see over a period of time. Eat lunch with your daughter next week and keep observing. If after three incidents you still feel you need to mention it to the teacher, go ahead. In the meantime, your kid won't suffer because of having to drink a few ounces of milk a few times.

It's not soda or cookies or fries....
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post #23 of 35
2/2/09 at 4:04am
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Originally Posted by christy'smom View Post

It's not soda or cookies or fries....

no but it can be empty calories if your child is full and has eaten and drank enough. we used to let my son drink skim milk all the time. he does not drink juice or pop. only water and milk. he tends to get chunky and his bmi was creaping into the obese category. guess what we went down to the recommended 12oz total in a day. he is now a normal weight. he was drinking away his calories. so though it is healthy it can be not healthy as well.
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post #24 of 35
2/2/09 at 6:46am
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Originally Posted by brensmom View Post

no but it can be empty calories if your child is full and has eaten and drank enough. we used to let my son drink skim milk all the time. he does not drink juice or pop. only water and milk. he tends to get chunky and his bmi was creaping into the obese category. guess what we went down to the recommended 12oz total in a day. he is now a normal weight. he was drinking away his calories. so though it is healthy it can be not healthy as well.

True, each child is different - my DD is on the 10% weight range. So, I would be happy if she drank it.
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post #25 of 35
2/2/09 at 7:38am
i know this post has been commented to death, but i wanted to throw in my 2 cents from experience.

i missed a lot of recesses because i was forced to sit in the cafeteria and eat. i've never been a big eater, and the portions were always huge. it wasn't that i was spending all my time talking, either, i was pretty shy in school. i really resent them for forcing me to eat when i wasn't hungry. i couldn't play outside because i didn't have the appetite of a full grown adult.

if there's something distracting the child from lunch, that's one thing, but sometimes kids just aren't hungry.
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post #26 of 35
2/2/09 at 9:51am
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Have not talked with the teacher today, but I did observe again to make sure. Her plate was empty, ate all her veg and fruit, had a half of container of milk left, and was asked to finish it. She was obviously full, they get the same portion as the 5th graders....yikes

they do not go out to play after lunch, she comes straight home, so it is not a competition thing

and I realize it is not coke, or bad for you, she is just full, and I need to comment that she doesn't need to be overly full, she needs to listen to her body. If dd picked at her food, I could then see that she should finish all her milk, but she eats
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post #27 of 35
2/2/09 at 9:54am
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Originally Posted by bananabellesmom View Post

and I realize it is not coke, or bad for you, she is just full, and I need to comment that she doesn't need to be overly full, she needs to listen to her body. If dd picked at her food, I could then see that she should finish all her milk, but she eats

Even highly nutritious food is not good for you if you eat it when you're already full.
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post #28 of 35
2/2/09 at 10:14am
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Originally Posted by Phoenyx View Post

Even highly nutritious food is not good for you if you eat it when you're already full.



I also agree with the others who say that forcing a child to "finish their plate/glass" is setting the child up for issues later on. (It's a different scenario if they are not eating dinner because they are picky and then 1hr after dinner they are asking for snacks.)
I remember being forced to drink my milk one time in Kindergarten and me telling the teacher I couldn't finish it. She made me drink it anyway (even though this was the 1st time I every asked to not finish my milk... it was not a trend). I promptly threw up all over the Kindergarten rug. Looking back, there was a reason why I didn't want to drink it- either I was full or the milk was sour.
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post #29 of 35
2/4/09 at 8:00am
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Originally Posted by brensmom View Post

ok if she had done that in front of me we would had some serious issues right their and then. first off you never get up all in a kids face and try to intimidate them. that is so wrong on so many levels. i don't believe kids should be made to clean their plates what if she did not feel well or like you said was full. so lets make her sick or sicker by forcing her to drink it.

i think a discussion is definately in order.

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post #30 of 35
2/4/09 at 4:44pm
Have you thought about sending her lunch to school everyday? Then you would have better portion control for her, bc you know how much she will eat and drink. Then it is absolutely, without question none of anyone else's business (not that it is now anyway). Plus, you can send her juice or water if she doesn't want milk, and just supplement ir with a string cheese or yogurt.
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