snacks at church

[maraw]

I have also had trouble with our church Sunday school and my oldest daughter's kindergarten class. What gets me, is the school will send a notice home saying, "no peanut products due to an child's allergy," but they should also say is "leave sugar, hydrogenated oils, dyes, and petroleum-based presevatives at home too - that is, if you want your child to be healthy." My church also puts allergy allerts on the childrens' name tags, but really, who has time to read each and every tag before handing out snacks?

I agree that instead of special provisions being made for the individual (not that I disagree with packing special snacks), the system as a whole should be changed. No one would ever blame you for caring too much. Get involved in your church's nursery and youth program. Take this opportunity to educate the leaders of that area. Show them child health statitics and inform them how sugar, refined grains, and dye and preservatives can effect the disposition of all children - not just yours - making them harder to teach and control and therby loosing the purpose of Sunday school. You'll make a convincing argument, I gaurantee it!

Best Wishes,

[rawpriestess]

I went to Sunday School as a child, and don't remember ever getting treats, only at Christmas did we get one cupcake, and I took that out to my mom, because I didn't like the looks of the bugs on top (they were chocolate sprinkles) LOL I was 4 at the time. I can still remember sitting there looking at the cupcake with the bugs on top, and wondering, what are they trying to feed me?

So, I didn't even eat that one thing.

[VeganVixen]

We didnt get any treats ,only the adults -who got doughnuts ,so we would run upstairs to the adult sunday "class" and get them there ,until they finally locked the doors -it was sorta torture in our minds,since it was the ONLY exciting part of the day -oh well those mean adults are unhealthy b/c of it ........so I guess us kids came out on top!

[weak]

I just joined your group, enjoyed the thread of what children are feed at church. however I have a 2 year old grandson who is so constipated and his parents won't listen to me suggest that maybe a diet change would help him. It is my sons child, my son used to listen to me until he gets a wife, who is great but of the sugar would big time. is there any information that I can get that would give the facts and help reinforce what I have tried to tell them? If I could even get them to read it. It is hard to see this little guy go through this, I worry that his health will get really serious. thanks

[VeganVixen]

here is a bbc article that I found a while back http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditio...ipation1.shtml

[rawpriestess]

Why not volunteer to be a Sunday School teacher, or on the board of the church, and then be an activist with your children's futures.

I remember a friends who bought a piece of property, and she wanted to build this spanish castle on it, and it was in a super conservative community, but it had this gorgeous water and bridge view, and was in a super prestigious area, so she bought the property, and joined the planning board, became friends with them all, then gave them her proposal, they accepted without a hitch.

She has since moved to Greece, and has built a huge Gecian castle there, but she got what she wanted by infiltrating their system.

So, you might try that with your Sunday School class.

[VeganVixen]

that is a VERY good idea.....

[Live Free]

There is a sign up sheet at our nursery at our church. I put on there for comments, do not feed this baby gold fish. They have a huge box on the top shelf.

So I try to bring her snacks I think she will eat. I brought raisins last sunday and all the kids were eating the raisins.

I told the nursery worker, that is fine they can share her snacks. It was a lot better than the gold fish.

Teresa