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    I don't like it when they come in with food either. My newest boy arrives every morning with strawberry or chocolate milk, arghhhhh! And he's starting to bring in raisins every morning. I put his cup in the fridge and the raisins on my counter and give them back to him when his Mom arrives. If she doesn't catch on by next week I'll have to talk to her about it. But it WILL stop!

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    I agree Judy T. I just love hearing one of my kids say how Daddy made them oatmeal for breakfast and I can see she loves this start to her day. I have siblings who come with their jamaican patties and smell up the daycare so the next drop off parents sniff and look at me disapprovingly because it smells like something died. Now they try to eat them in the car as I stated they can't eat them here. Have some respect parents!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Couldnt agree more judy, I have had kids tell me they ate on the way here when I offer breakfast, so I ask what they had......"fruit snacks" what? you are kidding right? eating with parents is so far gone these days, eating healthy has been thrown by the wayside. where is our world headed really? most families do not sit at the table for one single meal, breakfast in the car, day care all day, supper fast food. AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! !

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    Good idea momof4: i have done that before with special drinks the kids bring, even if its just a juice in a bottle, I will ask them to put in the fridge and they can have it when they go home. I have also thrown the food away after the child places it on the table and runs to play with the others. I just swipe it off the table and put it in the garbage. Kind of like the idea of making it a point to give it to the child in front of the parent, to hopefully send the message of, "dont want it here, but you can have it at home".

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    Kids are not allowed to bring any outside food here for all the reasons the others mentioned.
    I also expect them to show up dressed and ready for the day.

    The schools wouldn't put up with this so why should I ?
    If the parent is rushed in the AM , I suggest they get up earlier and deal with their responsibilities like they will have to do when the kid starts school.

    I do not want to hear how " busy" their morning is or how hard it is to get their child ready in the morning.
    If they can't do it with ONE, how do they expect us to do it with 6 ???

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    I had a child come to the door with a cookie at seven in the morning and, obviously, everyone else wanted one too. I sent out a form home, asked all parents to sign, and stated that due to some issues that arose in the mornings, open food or drinks will not be allowed upon drop off. Any drinks will be put in the fridge immediately and any food will be disposed of. Simple. No one did it again

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    I have apolicy of no outside food. If someone forgets and sends food with their child, I make a point of putting it on the shelf by my front door and say they can take it home at the end of the day...it rarely happens again after that!

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    I recently had to address this because while I DO allow them to bring in breakfast if they had been running late, one of the dcg would always bring in the most unhealthiest of foods, and it was causing an issue with the other kids. So in the monthly newsletter, I included: " I understand that breakfast is incredibly important, which is why I allow for breakfast to be brought and eaten here if the morning was too rushed. Please note that only healthy breakfast foods may be brought in (fruit, yogurt, muffin, non-sugary cereals, granola,bagel etc). Other foods, such as sugary cereals, pop tarts, cookies etc, cause a disruption to other children in the program who consider these food items to be treats, and defeats the purpose of encouraging a healthy start to the day. "

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    Judy makes a wonderful picture of a family having breakfast together, but in the real world that just doesn't happen. I was a single Mom with 4 children and getting breakfast for all of them and making sure they had their lunches ready for school and getting myself out the door to work was complete insanity. Hopefully that is not the norm for most families, but I have a sneaking suspicion it's that way for a lot of people. Mornings are rush, rush, rush, so I serve breakfast for the children here at 8am or shortly after so the parents aren't so stressed and the children can sit down together and have nutritious food instead of a freaking poptart in the car.

    I did have a rule with my children that our family time was for dinner, so hopefully my daycare families enjoy their evening quality time too.

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    I agree that the idea of the whole family sitting down for the breakfast meal is ideal but it is not not realistic for 2 working parents in most cases. When my son was in daycare I wouldn't put him in care somewhere that didn't serve breakfast. I wanted him to have a healthy meal that was not rushed and that just wasn't possible for morning in my home. I would get up 2 hours before I had to leave but by the time I was showered and ready, had my son woke, seen hubby off and mixed the formula/got the bag ready for daycare there was just not enough time to sit at the table and eat with him. Most morning I packed breakfast for myself and made it/ate it at work. This is why I offer breakfast in my program.

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