Some Days, the Urge To Move Is Stronger Than Others

[thesummerqueen]

Moros. You're missing the part about the lunch meeting the damn guidelines. In fact, I think somewhere in the article I posted, someone at the school even said so. No one was making it into a government conspiracy. No one was discussing obesity in the south. The girl was described as picky eater, and petite. Obviously the mother tries to make sure she eats at least somewhat healthy by monitoring her food intake. The point is that someone took a perfectly healthy lunch, told the girl it wasn't, told her to eat the school lunch of chicken nuggets (I'm sure you remember what your school's were like) and then charged the mother for a school lunch when the mother (or grandmother) had already made something that was perfectly acceptable.

I have to admit, the first thing I thought was right along with Min - that the particular worker was trying to encourage some people to buy lunches. Otherwise, why commit such a derpish act?

But as my friend Josh also brought up - and not that I agree with this - what happens when the kid grows up in a vegan/vegetarian household? Or kosher - where milk and meat would not be allowed to mix in the same lunchbox, and therefore might not always be included? You can complain all you want about obesity in the south, but I actually live in North Carolina - there are a lot of skinny kids around here. Some the parents can't afford the feed properly. The problem isn't as simple as blaming parents for not giving the kid a banana. Obesity might also have to do with number of hours of TV watched instead of physical activity.

This isn't about a red state complaining about government intervention so much as someone complaining about utter stupidity of a school employee's lack of critical thinking skills.