In Chicago their are schools that have decided to ban lunches brought from home. The reasoning is that kids are not eating healthy. Kids are bringing foods that are high in sugar and fats. The schools feel that by eliminating the option to bring lunches from home they can provide a much healthier choice for lunch.
I feel like taking away the option to bring lunches from home can be seen as negative in many ways. For example you have families that are not on free and reduced lunches that will now have to pay $2-3 a day for their child's lunch. If you were to make a sandwich or provide them with left overs it can be done for much less than 3 dollars a day. This can put families in a tough spot finacially. Another issue that is not mentioned in the article is how are they educating the children on proper eating. I feel that taking the time to educate the child on proper ways to eat and how to eat is more sustainable in the future. By doing this you can create a culture of children that know how and what to eat and why eating that way is better for them and their bodies. Without education of the proper way to eat children will revert back to their old habits of eating unhealthy foods.
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