Okay, let's have you answer some questions.
1. When teachers teach the importance of healthy eating including making it FUN to eat vegetables, but there are 3 kids in the class that still eat McDonald's for supper every night.....what is your proposal?
2. Let's say the school lunches are completely healthy with lots of fruits and vegetables. You're a teacher who is on lunch duty. Many children are only eating the fruit on their tray because they don't like anything else. What do you do?
3. You see a family at a restaurant and the kids are eating fried french fries, fried chicken nuggets and a sugar-filled soda. What should be done?
I am sorry if I have been disrespectful towards you. I am very sorry about my condensending tone previously. I understand that most children are little assholes in training and you have one of the toughest jobs in the world. I appreciate what you are doing to the fullest. Seriously, after posting what I posted I felt bad about it. I was just trying to use the
"incredibly condenscending and total disregard for others" tone that a few of the people on this forum use and I used it unrightfully on you. I have a few friends that are teachers and you guys get more **** than most of the truly important professions out of any profession out there.
Anyways, to answer your three points:
1. Scare the **** out of them. Show what their teeth will look like if they eat candy all the time compared to eating vegetables. Maybe show Arnold S. and how big and strong he is? I dunno. I know it is very hard. The government in it's own little way is trying to help this problem. I think probably because I am about to have a child myself I am extra sensitive to this issue, as well as several issues that have to do with education.
2. As a child I was always told to clear my plate, "kids in Africa don't have what you have", etc. This is a unique challenge. Perhaps tell them the boogie man will get them if they don't. Stuff like that always scared THE **** OUT OF ME when I was a kid but I don't think you can legally do that. lol
3. Another interesting challenge. I personally grew up on drinking coke (not good), love Coca-Cola now, don't mind any of the things you just mentioned, but my grandfather would set me down and just have me eat all kinds of crazy things raw; asparagus, okra, boiled peanuts (a fav snack of us southeners), carrots, green peppers, etc. I am not sure. I think a company if nothing else the government needs to show the benefits of eating healthier to the parents as typically despite what most people think, eating healthy either cost just a little more or not much at all. I had the benefit of growing up around great farmers markets and being raised by farmers that raised chickens so I constantly ate chicken. It is like an addiction that I will never get rid of is eating chicken. I think maybe just as a grandson of a Republican chicken farmer, we could help all kinds of people out and feed more chicken to kids because seriously who the hell hates chicken?
Once again, I am sorry and I feel sincerely bad for implying you aren't doing your job.
