Dumb shit you've seen parents do

[perthblue]

When I was a kid, we used to have tuckshop orders, and I would get a hot dog. I was once every couple of weeks (I had lunch made for me the other days), but it was cool, and I used to hang out for "tuckshop" day.

This was back in the 70's, before government and lobby groups dictated everyone's every move, and now all kids get at the tuckshop is fruit and veg.

I am so glad I was a kid back then, rather than today, when the fun-police are around.

I finished Primary School in 2003 and we had junk in the canteen. Fridays they had sweet chili chicken strip in a bun with mayo. Good lord that was delicious.

 

[Catters 070911]

I was a kid in the 90s and this was the same.

These days parents will campaign for tuckshops to sell healthy foods but feed their kids shit, give them notes to get out of PE and let them play Playstation all weekend.

My point is, it shouldn't be government policy to order tuckshops to only offer health foods in tuckshops.

The PTA can decide that for themselves, or parents can tell their kids what to order at the tuckshop.

I take issue with government or society telling us how to raise our kids, what to do, think, feel or say.

Piss off, political correctness.

 

[perthblue]

If we really need to have a more "caring" society, than how about supporting each other, and encouraging one another, rather than put on guilt trips and call people names?

How about this? Maybe society, if they want people to lose weight, then offer support to help them, buy them a gym membership, or drop off a fruit platter at their door.

Or how about encouraging people, and tell them all the benefits of being fitter. Don't make them feel like they are "lesser" for being overweight, but show how being slimmer gives far more benefits to them.

The whole "caring for society" thing is BS. People chide others about weight, because pointing out things we find fault in within others makes us feel better about our own failings.

People don't offer advice to others to help them, they impose their views on everyone else, because "they know everything".

There is plenty of advice, support, and information out there for people to lose weight if they want to. The trouble is they rarely truly want to, because doing nothing and continuing to eat junk is easier and more delicious. Which is fine if you're an adult and you make that choice for yourself, but kids should at least be given a fighting chance.

 

[Gralin]

My point is, it shouldn't be government policy to order tuckshops to only offer health foods in tuckshops.

The PTA can decide that for themselves, or parents can tell their kids what to order at the tuckshop.

I take issue with government or society telling us how to raise our kids, what to do, think, feel or say.

Piss off, political correctness.

It's not mandatory in Vic, but neither is a school running a canteen.

I'd also rather an attempt to have healthy food in schools than what happened in the US with school canteens being sponsored by the food companies and trying to feed everyone for 50c etc

 

[Spongebob]

"raised concerns about material being given to our students that could be deemed to be inappropriate for their age level or that has explicit sexual references or connotations"

age level: year 11 and 12 students

LOL how are some parents so out of touch with reality?

"Anglican school"

I see now.

I only remember two yr 12 books we had at my catholic boys school.

Sons and Lovers (by the author of Lady Chatterley’s Lover). Would make those Anglicans’ have apoplexy.
Romeo and Juliet (featuring in the censor list).

 

[Gough]

I did DH Lawrence at school, The Virgin and the Gypsy.

 

[Andre]

My point is, it shouldn't be government policy to order tuckshops to only offer health foods in tuckshops.

The PTA can decide that for themselves, or parents can tell their kids what to order at the tuckshop.

I take issue with government or society telling us how to raise our kids, what to do, think, feel or say.

Piss off, political correctness.

With kids 10 and 12 the school canteen has mostly healthy food, with kids allowed a ‘treat’ lunch order (sausage roll etc) once a week. I look around at parents and it’s a wasted effort.

School canteens and advertising can make small changes at the edges, but it’s 90%+ down to the parents. Not just what they put in front at home or how often they eat out, but whether they are eating healthy themselves and are fit. It’s not many years before kids tune out ‘eat healthy and live long’ messages from the majority of parents who are overweight. Kids may not all be able to spell hypocrite, but they can pick and ignore one, even (perhaps especially) if it’s a parent.

 

[perthblue]

I did DH Lawrence at school, The Virgin and the Gypsy.

All 3 of them at the same time? During school hours?

 

[JackOutback]

I find that people think school canteens have turned into health nazis but the reality is they haven't changed that much. Still plenty of pizzas and sausage rolls and juice boxes that, while not terrible, aren't super healthy. What they have done is get rid of the complete shit like coke and twisties that have no benefits whatsoever.

 

[emuboy]

With kids 10 and 12 the school canteen has mostly healthy food, with kids allowed a ‘treat’ lunch order (sausage roll etc) once a week. I look around at parents and it’s a wasted effort.

School canteens and advertising can make small changes at the edges, but it’s 90%+ down to the parents. Not just what they put in front at home or how often they eat out, but whether they are eating healthy themselves and are fit. It’s not many years before kids tune out ‘eat healthy and live long’ messages from the majority of parents who are overweight. Kids may not all be able to spell hypocrite, but they can pick and ignore one, even (perhaps especially) if it’s a parent.

A few weeks ago I was looking at the early 1960s film 'Lord of the Flies' on Youtube and noticed that the boy who plays the character of Piggy, described in William Golding's novel as being extremely fat, isn't all that overweight when you compare him to many kids today. He is overweight yes, but not problematic obese like so many kids are 50 years later.

Several years ago on a holiday to the Gold Coast I saw a boy of about 13 have to do the 'walk of shame' when turned away from a ride at Movie World because he was too fat to be secured into the safety harness. Thirteen years old, and too fat to go on a roller coaster where a significant number of overweight adults ride with no issues at all.

 

[docko911]

If you are paying over $30 for a meal at a restaurant children shouldn't be allowed inside the premises.


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[Hoops]

My kids primary school used to have a fund raiser for the grade 6 and their graduation by selling the cheap icy poles from the supermarket for 50c each. A real money spinner. That was until a parent complained that there was no healthy alternative. There is a healthy alternative and that is your child can go without. Nothing more healthy than that and you save money. But no! Your child couldnt possibly go without.

 

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[the_interloper]

You are a massive ****head. Please never reproduce!

 

[phantom13]

My kids primary school used to have a fund raiser for the grade 6 and their graduation by selling the cheap icy poles from the supermarket for 50c each. A real money spinner. That was until a parent complained that there was no healthy alternative. There is a healthy alternative and that is your child can go without. Nothing more healthy than that and you save money. But no! Your child couldnt possibly go without.

Yeh that’s shit. Also what I was sort of referring to with the parental outrage thing. They can’t just go “hmm not a big fan of that but it’s pretty harmless so I’ll just jog on” they gotta slash and burn it until no one gets to enjoy it.

 

[phantom13]

Would any of you call social services on parents if they fed their kids the wrong things?

Really depends how bad they are.

Couple of fun size choccies and a Nutella sandwich, probably not.

Bag of cocaine and some peanut butter on a playing card, I still probably wouldn’t but someone should.

 

[Gralin]

Yeh that’s shit. Also what I was sort of referring to with the parental outrage thing. They can’t just go “hmm not a big fan of that but it’s pretty harmless so I’ll just jog on” they gotta slash and burn it until no one gets to enjoy it.

Again that person would do it without kids, it's the person not the fact they've bred, the kid is now just an excuse for pushing their views on others

 

[Gralin]

When we were checking out schools the canteen menu did come up on tours.
Not all schools had a canteen, some were run out volunteer parents and one was run by a paid chef

The school with the chef had to wheel this person out to discuss food ethics with one of the mums on our tour.

I think the mum was a vegan chef and wanted to make sure appropriate food that hadn't touched meat was available for her kid.

Reckon the kids eyes lit up at sausage rolls being on the menu

 

[phantom13]

Again that person would do it without kids, it's the person not the fact they've bred, the kid is now just an excuse for pushing their views on others

Agree to disagree, I’ve seen kids change a lot of people, friends who were chill became obsessive monsters all about protecting their kids from the horrors of everything.

We had friends who took the time to write to a shopping center about the lack of parents with prams parking in which they detailed how there were more disabled parks and how there was no policing of the abuse of parents with prams parking, the same people a year before having kids would have laughed their asses off at someone doing that.

Now I tend to agree that often the parents are just campaigning for no real reason and I agree that some (maybe even most) of them were probably insufferable dickheads before having kids but I’m also positive that some just flip a switch when they have a kid.

 

[the_interloper]

Agree to disagree, I’ve seen kids change a lot of people, friends who were chill became obsessive monsters all about protecting their kids from the horrors of everything.

We had friends who took the time to write to a shopping center about the lack of parents with prams parking in which they detailed how there were more disabled parks and how there was no policing of the abuse of parents with prams parking, the same people a year before having kids would have laughed their asses off at someone doing that.

Now I tend to agree that often the parents are just campaigning for no real reason and I agree that some (maybe even most) of them were probably insufferable dickheads before having kids but I’m also positive that some just flip a switch when they have a kid.

Parents with pram parking is not a legal requirement by the way, feel free to park there kid-less and give the bird to any pram pusher who tells you off.

 

[Gralin]

Agree to disagree, I’ve seen kids change a lot of people, friends who were chill became obsessive monsters all about protecting their kids from the horrors of everything.

We had friends who took the time to write to a shopping center about the lack of parents with prams parking in which they detailed how there were more disabled parks and how there was no policing of the abuse of parents with prams parking, the same people a year before having kids would have laughed their asses off at someone doing that.

Now I tend to agree that often the parents are just campaigning for no real reason and I agree that some (maybe even most) of them were probably insufferable dickheads before having kids but I’m also positive that some just flip a switch when they have a kid.

Having kids should change you in some ways. You have something else in your life to care about and you actually have to care for them.
I reckon half the people that appear to go off the deep end were already the focus just shifted to the kid.
Parents with pram parking shits me. No doubt for a period of time it can be useful but it's no safer just more convenient.
That's just an example of selfish people using their kids as an excuse to me
Too many people think it's all about them

 

[Gralin]

Parents with pram parking is not a legal requirement by the way, feel free to park there kid-less and give the bird to any pram pusher who tells you off.

We used one while parent without a pram

#rebels

 

[phantom13]

Having kids should change you in some ways. You have something else in your life to care about and you actually have to care for them.
I reckon half the people that appear to go off the deep end were already the focus just shifted to the kid.
Parents with pram parking shits me. No doubt for a period of time it can be useful but it's no safer just more convenient.
That's just an example of selfish people using their kids as an excuse to me
Too many people think it's all about them

They 100% became selfish flogs but as I said, they weren’t before they had a child, they were seriously two of the most laid back people we’d ever met, they did a complete 180 after having a kid, always whinging about how horrible sidewalks were for prams and how wherever their friends who didn’t have kids had chosen to meet was wildly inconvenient for them or whatever. I’m not saying everyone who has a kid changes but certainly some (I think a lot) do.

Also parents with prams parking can GAGF

 

[Brad Goodman]

Do schools even really need tuckshops? My primary school didn't have one and I reckon I spent about $10 at my high school one across six years.

 

[Brad Goodman]

I did DH Lawrence at school, The Virgin and the Gypsy.

Saucy