The schools aren't providing it though. Parents generously make the cupcakes in honor of their own children's birthdays and those same parents are free to honor it in a different way if they like--some who are more health conscious may bring a fruit snack in for the kids or make a small bag of goodies on their child's bday.
I don't know how the schools would deal with my child's school, I really don't. It is small so it is not unheard of for a parent in the upper grades to provide pizza that afternoon for their child's classmates in honor of a bday-whoa is me.
I think there is a better solution. What about everyone chip in and the school can provide ONE cake each month for the kids in honor of the bdays that month? The kids will only get cake 10 times(assuming they have one cake for all the summer bdays too) instead of a 28 times for each student. Seems like that would have been a better midway solution then banning cake alltogether.
A Kid will "Burn Off" a "Cupcake" in 15Minutes of activity!
The PROBLEM ISN't the Calories; The Problem is the LACK of PHYSICAL ACTIVITY!!
Grade-&-High School Children get WAY LESS Physical activity than they need.
"PC" organized physical activity is WELL BELOW the needs of a Healthy Human Child.
The PROBLEM IS, that the Physical exercise of American Schoolchildren is predicated on the Tolerance of the "Adults," (The Teachers) NOT the Children.
The Adults could NEVER "Keep up" with the Children at "Recess."
Until we STOP TRYING to "Regulate" the "Energy Expenditure" of growing Children, we will ALWAYS be unable to give Meaningful guidance to them.
"Adults" CANNOT HOPE to influence the Biological Imperatives of a Growing Child.
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