Mrs Tilbrook, who has three children at the school, feels children who don’t like drinking water should be given the option of having juice on hotter days.Feel free to give them juice at home.
In school, they are subject to in loco parentis, which means the school takes on the role of parent. And seem to be doing a better job than you.
She said: “There needs to be a change as a lot of children are quite stubborn when it comes to drinking water and some kids would rather dehydrate than drink it and then come out of school with a headache.Yes, children can be stubborn. That doesn't mean you give in. If they suffer headaches, it's their own damn fault. This is all part of learning about consequences.
“It’s not like we are asking to allow fizzy drinks. It’s just sugarfree squash the children want.
“I don’t think it would do any harm.”When they grow up to be spoiled teenagers who can't cope with hearing the word 'No', it'll be too late then.
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To think our ancestors survived prowling sabre tooth tigers, famine and natural disasters to produce this level of helplessness!
"It’s just sugarfree squash the children want..."
Typical ingredients of one premium household brand:
Water, Orange Fruit from Concentrate (10%), Acid (Citric Acid), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Natural Flavouring, Sweeteners (Aspartame, Saccharin), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Metabisulphite), Stabiliser (Cellulose Gum), Emulsifier (Glycerol Esters of Wood Rosins), Natural Colour (Carotenes)
That's all yummy stuff Macheath!
When the body's thirsty, it craves water, whether 4 or 40 years old. These pathetic excuses for parents were probably over-indulged (or just indulged?) when young themselves and are now repeating their parents' errors.
And most of these critters are barely weaned - when did you last see a child drinking from a glass instead of a teated bottle?
Sugar Free or "no added sugar" I wonder? Not the same.
The generation that expects to get what it wants, when it wants it, and scweams and scweams when it doesn't is already chronologically adult.
Jay
Back in the good old days we used to have school milk. Sometimes a bit off but it were free.
Being somewhat intrigued by the idea that children could reach school age without drinking water (easier, perhaps to understand when a recent news feature of tooth decay suggested there are households where no-one drinks water at all), I did a bit of googling and found that it seems to be a common (first-world) problem with a variety of online solutions offered:
(Warning: you may find the following example decidedly emetic...)
"When my daughter was almost 2, she fell in love with princesses. We found BPA-free plastic sparkly goblets and told her she can only use them to drink "princess water," which is just filtered water. Whenever we say, "Do you want princess water?" she always says yes so she can use the glasses. She is now 3 and it still works!"
Good luck with that one at primary school!
"To think our ancestors survived prowling sabre tooth tigers, famine and natural disasters to produce this level of helplessness!"
To think we call it 'progress'..!
"These pathetic excuses for parents were probably over-indulged (or just indulged?) when young themselves and are now repeating their parents' errors."
Yup! The school's doing what it can, but it can't undo the generational input.
"Good luck with that one at primary school!"
Good god! Talk about building a rod for your own back!
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