Mother fined $10 for not including Ritz crackers in kids’ school lunch

[cajuncocoa]

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Manitoba Government’s Early Learning and Child Care fined mother Kristen Bartkiw $10 because she neglected to include healthful Ritz crackers in her kids’ school lunches. Weighty Matters (http://www.weightymatters.ca/2013/11/parents-fined-for-not-sending-ritz.html) has more details:

She sent her children to daycare with with lunches containing leftover homemade roast beef and potatoes, carrots, an orange and some milk.
She did not send along any “grains”.
As a consequence the school provided her children with, I kid you not, supplemental Ritz Crackers, and her with a $10 fine.
Parents fined for not including Ritz crackers in kids’ school lunch (http://www.weightymatters.ca/2013/11/parents-fined-for-not-sending-ritz.html)
http://www.infowars.com/mother-fined-10-for-not-including-ritz-crackers-in-kids-school-lunch/

[jbauer]

First off it Canada. Second it's daycare and it's a pain in the ass. However this would have been something clearly spelled out in the handbook. Since it's a contract between the provider and the center the parents need to shut their pie hole and pay it or leave.

On a side note though there's no way a kid would eat all of that so most would go to waste.

[cajuncocoa]

First off it Canada. Second it's daycare and it's a pain in the ass. However this would have been something clearly spelled out in the handbook. Since it's a contract between the provider and the center the parents need to shut their pie hole and pay it or leave.

On a side note though there's no way a kid would eat all of that so most would go to waste.
I noticed it was in Canada, but it's surely a sign of things to come here eventually. So true about it all going to waste, too.

[Todd]

First off it Canada. Second it's daycare and it's a pain in the ass. However this would have been something clearly spelled out in the handbook. Since it's a contract between the provider and the center the parents need to shut their pie hole and pay it or leave.

On a side note though there's no way a kid would eat all of that so most would go to waste.



Leave? What friggin choice do you have if every daycare has to follow the federal guidelines?

[tod evans]

Isn't there enough wrong in this country?

Let the Canucks enjoy their very special form of socialism, they keep voting for it.

[CPUd]

That's really just $9.60 USD today, but a year ago it might have been more like $9.75.

[PaulConventionWV]

At least they wrote it in comic sans.

[PaulConventionWV]

First off it Canada. Second it's daycare and it's a pain in the ass. However this would have been something clearly spelled out in the handbook. Since it's a contract between the provider and the center the parents need to shut their pie hole and pay it or leave.

On a side note though there's no way a kid would eat all of that so most would go to waste.

It's ridiculous that any daycare would do that. I would definitely leave, and so should all parents. Daycare is just daycare, it's not a lifestyle course.

[tod evans]

Betcha a cyber nickle it's a government funded daycare...

[luctor-et-emergo]

Betcha a cyber nickle it's a government funded daycare...

Although I'm not aware of how daycare works in either the US or Canada I think I can give a nice perspective on how daycare works in the Netherlands, or at least how over the years it has changed.

First government thought it needed more revenue (#default)
Then government figured since child labor was banned and old people aren't productive enough, get more women to work.
To get more women to work politicians figured out that they needed to be separated from their kids, that whole raising kids would be a lot more efficient if outsourced.

So they subsidized daycare.
Soon many women brought their kids to daycare's and everybody was happy.

EXCEPT.
Nobody is happy at the moment because prices have skyrocketed...

Daycare for a single kid now costs about a days worth of after tax income at minimum wage.

Basically, and it's really sad, these women are working almost for free so they DON'T have to raise their kids.

[angelatc]

World's most expensive crackers.

[amy31416]

I'd have sued them for giving my kid shitty, trans-fat laden crackers and point out to them that potatoes are generally far healthier than freaking crackers.

Retards.

[Brian4Liberty]

I'd have sued them for giving my kid shitty, trans-fat laden crackers and point out to them that potatoes are generally far healthier than freaking crackers.

Retards.

Agree. They essentially forced junk food on the kid. This is outrageous.

[Christian Liberty]

Isn't there enough wrong in this country?

Let the Canucks enjoy their very special form of socialism, they keep voting for it.

I'm not saying we shouldn't "Let" them, but wickedness is still wickedness and should be condemned wherever its found.

[oyarde]

I have Ritz crackers out the ass, I have an 80 some yr old family member that eats them with everything.Stop by , avoid the fine , get a few crackers from Oyarde , lol

[oyarde]

I'd have sued them for giving my kid shitty, trans-fat laden crackers and point out to them that potatoes are generally far healthier than freaking crackers.

Retards.

I like hash browns with a little onion ! FTW!

[oyarde]

Oyarde does not approve of food police.

[amy31416]

I like hash browns with a little onion ! FTW!

Who doesn't? I like them with a side of cottage cheese.

My "outrage" over Ritz crackers isn't genuine, but I think it's funny that they'd "fortify" the kid's lunches with something so unhealthy.

[specsaregood]

I like hash browns with a little onion ! FTW!

The only good hash browns worth eating are the type cooked in bacon grease. onion is acceptable.

[dannno]

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My "outrage" over Ritz crackers isn't genuine

Mine is, I would be cramming paleo literature down their throat and tell them how they are giving all of the kids diabetes and leaky gut until they allowed me to give my kid paleo lunches.

[dannno]

Oh man, so I recently discovered the beauty of buying authentic chorizo from a mexican joint and cooking it at home.

Last night I made a red alfredo sauce with bacon, chorizo, all the grease, butter, parasan, milk/cream and a little tapioca and rice flour on top of zucchini. Next time I'm going to add chorizo meatballs. I recommend frying up the chorizo and then adding it to raw burger, they make great burgers and I'm sure would make a great meatball.

[luctor-et-emergo]

I'd have sued them for giving my kid shitty, trans-fat laden crackers and point out to them that potatoes are generally far healthier than freaking crackers.

Retards.

Well that's obvious isn't it ? Crackers, Potatoes

Kidding aside, I never had school lunches in school. I always brought lunch from home. I was happy with that.
I used to bring pancakes, egg sandwiches, cold pizzas, everything homemade off course. I can't imagine eating the junk these kids are served.
There were also plenty of kids that got a prepared lunch from their parents and then threw it in the bin in order to buy junk food. This is why I really don't think schools should focus on food too much, apart from providing healthy food choices.

Our current society is F*cked.

[amy31416]

Mine is, I would be cramming paleo literature down their throat and tell them how they are giving all of the kids diabetes and leaky gut until they allowed me to give my kid paleo lunches.

In that regard, of course I'd be pissed. I'm referring to adults who choose to eat them or let their kids eat them.

[amy31416]

Well that's obvious isn't it ? Crackers, Potatoes

Kidding aside, I never had school lunches in school. I always brought lunch from home. I was happy with that.
I used to bring pancakes, egg sandwiches, cold pizzas, everything homemade off course. I can't imagine eating the junk these kids are served.
There were also plenty of kids that got a prepared lunch from their parents and then threw it in the bin in order to buy junk food. This is why I really don't think schools should focus on food too much, apart from providing healthy food choices.

Our current society is F*cked.

Indeed it is.

I adored the packed lunches my mom made. Not only because it was usually hot soup in the winter, along with other things she KNEW we liked and would eat, but because it was a way of bringing home to school. Very comforting on those crappy days.

[Ender]

Hope the kid wasn't gluten intolerant.

[proudclod229]

Potatoes are a carbohydrate. I'd tell them to take their crackers and dip 'em somewhere special.

[jbauer]

I noticed it was in Canada, but it's surely a sign of things to come here eventually. So true about it all going to waste, too.

To come?? Its already here, do you have kids in daycare?

[moostraks]

Indeed it is.

I adored the packed lunches my mom made. Not only because it was usually hot soup in the winter, along with other things she KNEW we liked and would eat, but because it was a way of bringing home to school. Very comforting on those crappy days.

Not to sound too paranoid but I think this is the added bonus for these psychopaths who administrate these programs. If the children are property of the state and all they know for a majority of their days is what the state provides then you don't have any of the loving memories of home and you learn how to play within the system. You become a product of the environment you are surrounded by. It is another means of driving a wedge in the family unit. Okay sounds totally paranoid but for those who might doubt this they need a good dose of exposure to dfacs and the do gooders who think that only state authorized peoples can properly raise a child. They know all the state needs to do is break the sentimental bonds of the parent-child relationship and then they can do their job.

[moostraks]

To come?? Its already here, do you have kids in daycare?

Here is the links for the US program:
http://www.infanttoddler.com/usda/
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/child-and-adult-care-food-program

Daycare centers must :

Hold a current state license, registration, local approval, military certification or extension letter;
Follow USDA meal patterns;
Serve healthy and nutritious foods;
Submit monthly menus and attendance records to receive reimbursement;
Record meals and snacks at the time when they are served, keep records up to date and available for reviews;
Allow a minimum of three home visits per year; and
Attend a yearly training.

Ahh,and wonder what they would need to provide at least 3 home visits per year for the purpose of achieving? Nifty little carrot to keep their social service agencies in business.

[oyarde]

My Grand children know how to jail break out of places like that , escape and evade, make it to Grandpa's.....

[MelissaWV]

For such a concerned school, they don't do so well with math(s). If it's $5 per child per item missing, and they added one grain, then shouldn't the invoice be for $5? Or did they charge by the cracker? Or did they give that poor child TEN Ritz (two servings) on top of having meat, potatoes, carrots, and an orange?

[libertyjam]

For such a concerned school, they don't do so well with math(s). If it's $5 per child per item missing, and they added one grain, then shouldn't the invoice be for $5? Or did they charge by the cracker? Or did they give that poor child TEN Ritz (two servings) on top of having meat, potatoes, carrots, and an orange?

There are two kids that the parents were docked for.

[Dr.3D]

I have to wonder what would happen if the parent told them to get stuffed and didn't pay the fine.

[Carson]

This means all of their little lunches are being tea-bagged!

I don't mean the honorable kind of TEA bagging definition that grew out the despicable use of a term when the opposition tried to stick it in the faces of TEA Partiers.

Sure even though they tried the TEA Party was just to good to be brought down by it and actually cleaned up the term.



Anyway I'm not sure if their little lunches are being actually tea-bagged but if every lunch is being rifled through that could certainly ad to the desire to throw it out. Turns my stomach thinking about it.

Just the concept of a lunch bagged to these food standards others have mentioned much of it going to waste.

[MelissaWV]

There are two kids that the parents were docked for.

I thought that, too, until I noticed that the invoice says "your child's lunch," so obviously it is one child :D

[libertyjam]

I thought that, too, until I noticed that the invoice says "your child's lunch," so obviously it is one child :D

Yes, but I read the story first on another site not info wars, that of course I don't have now, that showed the whole slip that had two children's names listed.

Edit: oops, it's there, N__ & L__ at the top next to Names:
and "She sent her children to daycare with with lunches containing leftover homemade roast beef and potatoes, carrots, an orange and some milk."

[amy31416]

Yes, but I read the story first on another site not info wars, that of course I don't have now, that showed the whole slip that had two children's names listed.

You mean the one in the OP where it lists "Natalie and Logan?" :)

[Demigod]

During socialism we had 3 options.Eat at the school cafeteria ( very bad choice ),bring food from home or go home to eat during recess ( we had one 30 min recess after the second class of the shift ).Even in that society the notion that kids would be forced to eat something to eat would have been laughed at.

Today kids just buy something to eat from the stores around the school.

[Carson]

Here is a link to some nice pictures of school lunches.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/11/20/246400702/this-is-what-america-s-school-lunches-really-look-like

and the Fark comments;

http://www.fark.com/comments/8030289/Gallery-of-school-lunch-photos-that-would-make-Lunch-Lady-Doris-lose-her-lunch

I wish I could find fish sticks like we used to get back then. They had an actual piece of fish fillet in there. Now they all look like they are filled with ground fish formed into a thin sliver that is heavily breaded.

[eduardo89]

Manitoba Government’s Early Learning and Child Care fined mother Kristen Bartkiw $10 because she neglected to include healthful Ritz crackers in her kids’ school lunches. Weighty Matters has more details

That's not true. The daycare centre fined her, not the government. Daycares in Manitoba are privately owned and operated. Many receive government grants and parents can apply for tax credits for child care, but they are almost always paid out of pocket by the parents or, more commonly, their employer.

[MelissaWV]

Yes, but I read the story first on another site not info wars, that of course I don't have now, that showed the whole slip that had two children's names listed.

Edit: oops, it's there, N__ & L__ at the top next to Names:
and "She sent her children to daycare with with lunches containing leftover homemade roast beef and potatoes, carrots, an orange and some milk."

I saw it... I probably needed to have added a smiley :p Their slip says "child" all over it. It's really just a nasty mess. It also does not really clarify whether it's a serving or just some crackers. Really, as a tool to "teach" parents about nutrition, it leaves off a great deal of information.

All of it's still silly. A lunch of leftover roast beef, potatoes, carrots, an orange, and some milk would have been WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much for me to eat as a kiddo at that age, unless the portions were teeny or I were allowed to snack on the orange and carrots throughout the day.

[Reason]

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