"Every time someone else feeds your child dessert when you're not there, they are making your job harder. And if you are one of the 30% of parents who have an overweight child, they are downright being disrespectful to you."
- Marlene Schwartz, Yale Rudd Center
When I picked up my daughter from school on Friday, she was enjoying a freezer pop that another generous mom had bought from the school ice cream window for her. My daughter knows not to take food from other people. Somehow school blurs those lines for her.
Here is an example of freezer pops:
Looks good right? Real fruit juice sounds healthy.
Here are the ingredients:
Yes, there is some apple juice in there. However, the first two ingredients are water and sugar.
Children between 4 and 8 years old in the US eat and drink seven times the recommended amount of added sugar every day.
Please join me in reducing the amount of sugar we give kids at school. One of your child's classmates may have diabetes or be struggling with obesity. Are we really so insensitive as to expect that child to decline the cupcake or a freezer pop from a friendly, smiling classroom mom? Let's make it easy for our kids to choose health.