02-19-2015, 12:05 AM
(02-18-2015, 08:49 PM)crash Wrote:(02-18-2015, 08:40 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: I read that in Chicago some schools forbid kids to bring their own lunches now, for health reasons. I think that's bullshit.
It's becoming an issue here too. If you have a kid at your school who has a nut allergy or a seafood allergy, they are asking other kids not to bring those type of foods. You know, make the herd suffer for the sake of one mentality. I don't think they've forbidden home packed lunches as yet (I doubt they could unless school provided lunches become a thing), but I wouldn't rule it out in the future. The next great act of ass-covery.
Ironic times.
Forbid parents from feeding their own kids lunch because some people might not consider the lunch healthy enough, or because another kid in the school might be allergic to something in the home-packed lunch, or some other interventionist excuse.
BUT, it's okay for parents to send little Suzie to spend the day with a bunch of other kids though she's not been vaccinated against communicable diseases (because her parents know better than doctors, or because vaccinations violate the parents' religious beliefs, or some other excuse that opens the door to a legitimate potential health threat to others).