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Ridiculous. 

Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers


A mom who thought she was properly parenting by sending her two young kids to school with a homemade, whole-food lunch was shocked to find a penalty note from school officials informing her that the lunch of roast beef, potatoes, carrots, oranges and milk she provided was "unbalanced" and therefore had to be supplemented with Ritz crackers.

She was also fined $10.

According to Weighty Matters, the Manitoba Government's Early Learning and Child Care department blindly follows a policy which requires lunches to be "balanced" according to "Canada's awful Food Guide."

Unbalanced lunches are subject to supplementation and a fine of CDN$5 (US$4.80) per "missing item" per child.

In Kristen Bartkiw's case, she "neglected" to include "grains" with Natalie and Logan's packed lunches — a "dereliction" that was "corrected" through the "supplementation" of Ritz crackers.

According to the nutrition facts found on its homepage, a serving of Ritz crackers (~10 crackers) contains 6.5g of fat, of which nearly half is saturated.

To drive home the ridiculousness of the policy, Kristen tells Weighty Matters she could have sent her kids to daycare with "microwave Kraft Dinner and a hot dog, a package of fruit twists, a Cheestring, and a juice box," and it would have been met with approval by the MCCA.

As a follow-up, Kristen notes that other parents falling short of Manitoba's policy has resulted in the creation of a hot lunch program, which she described as "great."



http://gawker.com/mom-gives-kids-homemade-lunch-school-forces-them-to-ea-1466822586

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2013, 09:31:25 AM »
The nanny state at work. Thanks a lot libs. And wtf, forcing them to eat meat and dairy???

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2013, 03:48:37 PM »
dont worry many libtards including those on this board support it

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2013, 05:48:03 PM »
Mmmmmm mmmmmm good cracker ,good cracker

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2013, 05:50:11 PM »
I saw this and was going to post it.

Absolutely infuriating.  >:(

To fine her ten dollars for giving her kids a substantial healthy lunch? She could easily take this to court and make a lot of money and she should. This is such a fucking joke.


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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2013, 06:07:35 PM »
fucking ridiculous on so many levels

the least of which is giving the kid refined carbs with trans fat as if they need that in their diet

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2013, 06:08:39 PM »
I saw this and was going to post it.

Absolutely infuriating.  >:(

To fine her ten dollars for giving her kids a substantial healthy lunch? She could easily take this to court and make a lot of money and she should. This is such a fucking joke.



only in merica could she sue and prob make money, this stupid incident happened in canada. so no lawsuit and no money and she'll prob pay the fine.
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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2013, 06:09:17 PM »
Maybe if they had this policy in place when that fat mayor went to school, he wouldn't be fat these days.  ;D

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2013, 06:10:06 PM »
dont worry many libtards including those on this board support it

why do you constantly make such stupid statements when you have no proof of this

newsflash - most of the stupid stuff you think libs support actually only exists in your head

btw - this happened in Canada

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2013, 06:15:56 PM »
why do you constantly make such stupid statements when you have no proof of this

newsflash - most of the stupid stuff you think libs support actually only exists in your head

btw - this happened in Canada
actually I have plenty of proof...there was a thread recently about this very topic in which a number of people argued for actions very similar to this.

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2013, 06:26:26 PM »

I would expect this out of Canada, probably coming soon to the United States.

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2013, 06:34:31 PM »
btw - this happened in Canada

THIS. 

they're an anti-gun nation.   how can you expect anything they do to be rational?  imagine waking up every day knowing a moose could end you that day lol.

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2013, 06:41:12 PM »
actually I have plenty of proof...there was a thread recently about this very topic in which a number of people argued for actions very similar to this.

great, then post it

remember our agreement when you made claims a few weeks ago about me that you couldn't back up and that I proved were false

you agreed to stop making the blanket accusations when you had no proof of other than your imagination


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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2013, 06:43:10 PM »
great, then post it

remember our agreement when you made claims a few weeks ago about me that you couldn't back up and that I proved were false

you agreed to stop making the blanket accusations when you had no proof of other than your imagination


I didnt mention you did I?

what self grandizing brain disorder do you have?

go search....

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2013, 06:52:27 PM »
i dont worry about what people in other countries are doing with their school lunches.  i prefer they eat junk and grow weak, so that the USA can continue to dominate.

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2013, 07:23:36 PM »
I didnt mention you did I?

what self grandizing brain disorder do you have?

go search....

our agreement was not about me but any of these statements that you make where you have no proof

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2013, 07:47:57 PM »
our agreement was not about me but any of these statements that you make where you have no proof
our agreement was about you, not that it matters

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #17 on: November 19, 2013, 08:02:39 PM »
dont worry many libtards including those on this board support it

Not this one;  I have a gluten-allergy.  If I was fed Ritz crackers, I would have carpet-bombed the school with gluten farts.

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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #18 on: November 20, 2013, 01:03:43 PM »
This was simply an example of a private daycare trying to pad it's bill. The $10 fine was infact rescinded.
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Re: Mom Gives Kids Homemade Lunch, School Forces Them to Eat Ritz Crackers
« Reply #19 on: November 20, 2013, 01:11:11 PM »
fucking ridiculous on so many levels

the least of which is giving the kid refined carbs with trans fat as if they need that in their diet

they could easily respond with.

"meat is bad for you.  the vegetables weren't organic, and milk is full of hormones"

you give me a food.  any food.  and i'll show you three assholes who will tell you that it isn't good for you.

my wife is a registered dietitian.  not a nutritionist.  a registered dietitian.  and she's heard it all.