Comments on: Ban on Bake Sales at NYC Schools? http://bakingbites.com/2010/03/ban-on-bake-sales-at-nyc-schools/ Maybe I'll just have one more bite... Thu, 24 May 2012 18:03:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jimmy http://bakingbites.com/2010/03/ban-on-bake-sales-at-nyc-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-385438 Jimmy Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:36:58 +0000 http://bakingbites.com/2010/03/ban-on-bake-sales-at-nyc-schools/#comment-385438 I agree wholeheartedly!! Disallowing bake sales isn't the cause of obesity anyway!! I find it hard to believe that bake sales and baking is the cause of obesity. It's lack, primarily of exercise and movement. Technology/games and various other lathargic activities assist in the obesity issue. I am not saying that nutrition isn't important but everything in moderation. Secondly, why are officials voted in by the people making these decisions when they are unwanted? Is this not a democratic society we live in? How can a group decide what is better for us as adults that can take care of our children? How can somebody make decisions for us that bring families closer together when the family unit is already, at times, in trouble? Crazy world we live in!! One more point, the sales provide funding for extracurricular activities or clubs that otherwise wouldn't recieve monies from political institutions. Isn't it ironic that political and educational institutions won't provide monies for clubs or events that bring kids together and make them active (sports), but they also won't allow them to fundraise through baking/selling products to get the monies they need to either maintain equipment, pay for referees, whatever!! This might be a bad example but if somebody takes away my house and then tells me I can't work what would they like me to do??It doesn't make any sense!! I agree wholeheartedly!! Disallowing bake sales isn’t the cause of obesity anyway!! I find it hard to believe that bake sales and baking is the cause of obesity. It’s lack, primarily of exercise and movement. Technology/games and various other lathargic activities assist in the obesity issue. I am not saying that nutrition isn’t important but everything in moderation. Secondly, why are officials voted in by the people making these decisions when they are unwanted? Is this not a democratic society we live in? How can a group decide what is better for us as adults that can take care of our children? How can somebody make decisions for us that bring families closer together when the family unit is already, at times, in trouble? Crazy world we live in!! One more point, the sales provide funding for extracurricular activities or clubs that otherwise wouldn’t recieve monies from political institutions. Isn’t it ironic that political and educational institutions won’t provide monies for clubs or events that bring kids together and make them active (sports), but they also won’t allow them to fundraise through baking/selling products to get the monies they need to either maintain equipment, pay for referees, whatever!! This might be a bad example but if somebody takes away my house and then tells me I can’t work what would they like me to do??It doesn’t make any sense!!

]]> By: Nutrition bachelor http://bakingbites.com/2010/03/ban-on-bake-sales-at-nyc-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-372932 Nutrition bachelor Tue, 04 May 2010 13:56:04 +0000 http://bakingbites.com/2010/03/ban-on-bake-sales-at-nyc-schools/#comment-372932 Is there anything nutrition labels can't do? They brag about the fiber in cereal, urge us to see the health benefits of mayo, and now they even alert us to the ways that breakfast cereal can keep us safe from swine flu! Is there anything nutrition labels can’t do? They brag about the fiber in cereal, urge us to see the health benefits of mayo, and now they even alert us to the ways that breakfast cereal can keep us safe from swine flu!

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]]> By: Amanda http://bakingbites.com/2010/03/ban-on-bake-sales-at-nyc-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-355467 Amanda Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:15:11 +0000 http://bakingbites.com/2010/03/ban-on-bake-sales-at-nyc-schools/#comment-355467 Speaking as a New Yorker, what truly terrifies me is that the items that are approved include foods like Poptarts. How is purchasing a handfull of Poptarts better for children than buying a home made brownie? This is not the school system that I want my son educated in. They are failing our children in everyway possible. All Hail Emperor Bloomberg who knows so much better than we how to care for ourselves and our children. Speaking as a New Yorker, what truly terrifies me is that the items that are approved include foods like Poptarts. How is purchasing a handfull of Poptarts better for children than buying a home made brownie? This is not the school system that I want my son educated in. They are failing our children in everyway possible.

All Hail Emperor Bloomberg who knows so much better than we how to care for ourselves and our children.

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