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(48,121 posts) Tue Oct 22, 2013, 04:10 PM Oct 2013

Student told she can't have candy corn at lunch [View all]

Epping, NH (NBC NEWS) -

When an Epping, New Hampshire 4-year-old's mother packed candy corn for lunch she thought it would be a good way to get in the Halloween spirit.

The teacher had different thoughts though, reportedly telling the child she couldn't eat the sweet treat.

"They said, 'No candy allowed at school.' When I came home I said 'Mom, I'm not allowed to have candy at my school,'" Sarah Kelly said.

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"I'm the mother. I should get to put in her lunch what I choose to put in her lunch," Michelle Kelly said.

http://www.wsmv.com/story/23729237/student-told-she-cant-have-candy-corn-at-lunch

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This is news? we can do it Oct 2013 #1

Wrong. riverbendviewgal Oct 2013 #2

So do other foods -- but not candy corn. n/t pnwmom Oct 2013 #24

agreed gopiscrap Oct 2013 #34

It appears food allergies were not a part of the discussion. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #51

When I was a kid riverbendviewgal Oct 2013 #57

Slow news day in Nashville? When I was a kid, we could only bring "sweets" to school on our ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #3

Maybe she has an extremely high motivation to fight for social petronius Oct 2013 #12

My mom packed a Hostess Twinkie, cupcake or Little Debbie in my lunch bag every day fitman Oct 2013 #15

Nope. It was a normal school. I grew up fine. I find schools that allow ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #17

A bad carb is a bad carb. peace13 Oct 2013 #55

What I'm saying is simply we were never allowed to bring candy to school. End of story. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #56

God, I'm sick of these things becoming news stories. Brickbat Oct 2013 #4

Fine, but that was your choice. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2013 #52

Haha. This is what I call "first world problems". nt alp227 Oct 2013 #58

Important snip from the story: 1000words Oct 2013 #5

Who appointed the teacher a nutritional cop? Warpy Oct 2013 #8

I would imagine the School Board ... 1000words Oct 2013 #10

So schools can't ban candy corn but it's fine pnwmom Oct 2013 #25

It's just a bit different, don't you think? Warpy Oct 2013 #31

LOL. Madonna didn't make it respectable to wear a rosary. pnwmom Oct 2013 #32

Kind of like praying, right? Atman Oct 2013 #53

Mmmmmmmm ... the sweet body of Christ. 1000words Oct 2013 #54

If you sent a child to school with a piece of bread with butter and sugar on it, would that be cake? BlueJazz Oct 2013 #6

I guess that peanut butter and honey sandwiches are right out. FarCenter Oct 2013 #14

Now I'm hungry. n/t moriah Oct 2013 #47

Bizarre PlainJane1 Oct 2013 #7

its how Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #13

It's kind of weird. HappyMe Oct 2013 #9

Our school has a policy: No Candy. Period. IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #11

i think dictating what a child brings to lunch is going too far Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #20

what's next? No candy on Halloween? liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #23

We disagree. I am a mom of young kids and disruptive kids due to sugar issues IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #35

i hear ya Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #46

I can argue both sides of this one. LWolf Oct 2013 #36

^=== This. IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #43

u r strict Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #45

Yes. LWolf Oct 2013 #59

If 'sugared up' is the reason then allowing foods as sugary is not consistent and that Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #42

As the principal tells the students, you have to draw the line somewhere. IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #44

the mother is an idiot JI7 Oct 2013 #16

We would go across the street and buy Pez. Downwinder Oct 2013 #18

our society doesn't know how to do anything in moderation. Sugar causes obesity so what do we do? liberal_at_heart Oct 2013 #19

No one in this story said anything like that. nt. Mariana Oct 2013 #37

I beg to differ. Candy corn isn't "candy" Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #21

Certainly not the kind my junior high band director Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #26

Seriously. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #27

Not a problem at my son's school aroach Oct 2013 #22

Can't take candy to my daughters school. bravenak Oct 2013 #28

Grapes? RobinA Oct 2013 #40

They're huge grapes. bravenak Oct 2013 #41

Just think of the thread you'd have if there was a kid who got in trouble Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #29

She needs some Roller Girl Candy Cigarettes instead. kentauros Oct 2013 #30

Really Mom? Anything? Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #33

Dumb post. You have to follow the school rules. My school has a no candy policy. Give her the dumb Pisces Oct 2013 #38

Call Congress Right Fugging Now ! RagAss Oct 2013 #39

In my day, candy was okay, if you brought enough to share with the entire class. n/t moriah Oct 2013 #48

Fauxrage. Vashta Nerada Oct 2013 #49

I'm all for promoting better nutrition, but... Silent3 Oct 2013 #50

If the lunch is packed at home I think the Mom is well within her right Autumn Oct 2013 #60