Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers IN FUCKING CANADA

[Grapesoda]

Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers

A mom who thought she was properly parenting by sending her two young kids to school with a homemade, whole-food lunch was shocked to find a penalty note from school officials informing her that the lunch of roast beef, potatoes, carrots, oranges and milk she provided was "unbalanced" and therefore had to be supplemented with Ritz crackers.

She was also fined $10.

According to Weighty Matters, the Manitoba Government's Early Learning and Child Care department blindly follows a policy which requires lunches to be "balanced" according to "Canada's awful Food Guide."

Unbalanced lunches are subject to supplementation and a fine of CDN$5 (US$4.80) per "missing item" per child.

In Kristen Bartkiw's case, she "neglected" to include "grains" with Natalie and Logan's packed lunches ? a "dereliction" that was "corrected" through the "supplementation" of Ritz crackers.

According to the nutrition facts found on its homepage, a serving of Ritz crackers (~10 crackers) contains 6.5g of fat, of which nearly half is saturated.

To drive home the ridiculousness of the policy, Kristen tells Weighty Matters she could have sent her kids to daycare with "microwave Kraft Dinner and a hot dog, a package of fruit twists, a Cheestring, and a juice box," and it would have been met with approval by the MCCA.

As a follow-up, Kristen notes that other parents falling short of Manitoba's policy has resulted in the creation of a hot lunch program, which she described as "great."


http://gawker.com/mom-gives-kids-hom...-ea-1466822586

[SilentKnight]

Good thing we're paying 'educationalists' to monitor every single fucking item in the students lunches.



Now if they can only teach those kids how to read and write.

[Fat Panda]

who gives a flying fuck?

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by Fat Panda

who gives a flying fuck?

Porn is Dead. Move along.

[2MuchMark]

Ritzesesesese crackers don't look all that healthy. Tasty, but..

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/5303/2

[kane]

At least she didn't send them to school with a racist peanut butter and jelly sandwich

[DBS.US]

CANADA heathy food tax

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by kane

At least she didn't send them to school with a racist peanut butter and jelly sandwich

[seeandsee]

She was fined also 10$, what a fucking country!

[pimpmaster9000]

Its actually an awesome move...why breed teenage land whales when you can steer their diet in a healthy direction...OK the example is absurd the meal was healthy but they do have a semi-point, grains and fibers are also essential for such a well balanced diet, but crackers are not the best source but maybe the one they had on hand...

its a crap article :P

[kane]

Originally Posted by crucifissio

Its actually an awesome move...why breed teenage land whales when you can steer their diet in a healthy direction...OK the example is absurd the meal was healthy but they do have a semi-point, grains and fibers are also essential for such a well balanced diet, but crackers are not the best source but maybe the one they had on hand...

its a crap article :P

It is a prefect example of the idea being good, but poorly executed.

[Screwed Up]

Originally Posted by crucifissio

Its actually an awesome move...why breed teenage land whales when you can steer their diet in a healthy direction...OK the example is absurd the meal was healthy but they do have a semi-point, grains and fibers are also essential for such a well balanced diet, but crackers are not the best source but maybe the one they had on hand...

its a crap article :P

Grains are the devil.

And the potatoes and carrots in the meal already have enough fiber.

Potatoes + grains is just carb overload. Enjoy your obesity.

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Tits on a Ritz, I blame it on Putin...





ADG

[the Shemp]

there is a follow up to that story...
'[Kristen also updated me that consequent to parents failing to pack "balanced" lunches they've moved to a hot lunch program that she describes as great. So perhaps some good came out of Manitoba's idiocy after all] "

[nexcom28]

This is the womans response to it: http://www.weightymatters.ca/2013/11...-manitoba.html

[2012]

i do enjoy ritz crackers whilst dining on my favorite caviar

[AllAboutCams]

Nobody is going to make any kids of mine eat something.

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by kane

At least she didn't send them to school with a racist peanut butter and jelly sandwich

or fried chicken and watermelon

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by the Shemp

there is a follow up to that story...
'[Kristen also updated me that consequent to parents failing to pack "balanced" lunches they've moved to a hot lunch program that she describes as great. So perhaps some good came out of Manitoba's idiocy after all] "

hot lunch PROGRAM = free lunch... whoops!!! I mean lunch on the tax payer's tab

[BlackCrayon]

Originally Posted by Grapesoda

hot lunch PROGRAM = free lunch... whoops!!! I mean lunch on the tax payer's tab

who cares if its on the tax payers tab. i'd gladly pay some money in taxes if it helps kids eat better, hopefully setting them on a healthier trend for life but the sad fact is any time you mass feed people, typically the nutrients and quality suffers.

[BAKO]

Canadia lol

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by BlackCrayon

who cares if its on the tax payers tab. i'd gladly pay some money in taxes if it helps kids eat better, hopefully setting them on a healthier trend for life but the sad fact is any time you mass feed people, typically the nutrients and quality suffers.

maybe you'd feel a better if the kids had big screen TV's and a nice place to live and a car, maybe some walk around money too?

I once read somewhere that the world won't be able to feed 25% of the population free, indefinitely

[BlackCrayon]

Originally Posted by Grapesoda

maybe you'd feel a better if the kids had big screen TV's and a nice place to live and a car, maybe some walk around money too?

I once read somewhere that the world won't be able to feed 25% of the population free, indefinitely

i'm not sure what these have to do with eating better...you see it pays off in the long run if we can set people up with better eating habits for life, they won't use the health care system as much when they get older which saves way more money than food costs.

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by BAKO

Canadia lol

Don't laugh too soon Bako...

Tomato sauce on pizza is a vegetable, says Congress; GOP says healthier school lunches are too expensive
Conservatives say the federal government shouldn't be telling children what to eat

Full story at http://www.nydailynews.com/life-styl...ticle-1.978339

[pimpmaster9000]

Originally Posted by Screwed Up

Grains are the devil.

And the potatoes and carrots in the meal already have enough fiber.

Potatoes + grains is just carb overload. Enjoy your obesity.

its a good law dont overANALyze...

[L-Pink]

Kids on crackers, mayors on crack, what's going on up there?

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by BlackCrayon

i'm not sure what these have to do with eating better...you see it pays off in the long run if we can set people up with better eating habits for life, they won't use the health care system as much when they get older which saves way more money than food costs.

yes I agree however at some point personal responsibility should be on the parents

[John-ACWM]

Sad. Parents should go to war.

[MrBottomTooth]

Originally Posted by BAKO

Canadia lol

This is just some weird Manitoba thing and it sounds like only in day care centers. The rest of the country doesn't put up with this shit.