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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health regulations for schools were set to take effect on August 1, 2012 that would prevent the sales of several foods and drinks including cupcakes, cookies and brownies within 30 minutes of the start and end of school. The reason for these regulations is to fight childhood obesity. This would ban bake sales in schools. Many parent-teacher organizations and school clubs use bake sales as fundraisers to support various school causes. Is this a case of a big government “nanny state” telling you what is best for your family or a valid way to fight childhood obesity?

 

Since the announcement, this controversial issue has been discussed on radio, TV, and newspapers throughout Massachusetts and the United States. The uproar has been such that a Republican state representative sponsored an amendment in the Massachusetts House to lift the bake sale ban. The legislation would give individual school districts the choice to allow or ignore the bake sale ban regulations. The Massachusetts House and Senate adopted the amendment striking down the prohibition. The Public Health Commissioner later said that the department would reverse the bake sale ban before it is set to take effect. The ban will however, stay in effect for sweets sold at school cafeterias during the school day.

The “everybody gets a trophy" kids tend to always need constant encouragement, expect accolades for completing routine tasks and respond poorly to correction or criticism. Competition can be good for children. They learn how to handle winning and losing.

Some crusty adults try to ruin sports for kids by not allowing teams to keep score. Kids are smarter than that and understand who really won no matter what these adults do.

Lincoln-Sudbury High School in Massachusetts has replaced team captains with “shared leadership” so athletes won’t have their feelings hurt. Insanity like this causes kids to not know how to compete or succeed in life. This nonsense does not teach students how to function in the real world.

The “everyone gets a trophy” trend for kids teams and clubs does not help self-esteem or self-confidence.

Some do-gooders have kids play only scoreless games and everyone wins a ribbon. This hurts kids because they won’t be able to cope when they have to compete for real.

It seems like anytime kids enjoy something, crusty adults try to ban it. Some schools are now banning rubber bracelets. You can add these to the list of other “evil” items kids have loved including superheroes that use violence, Simpsons, Elvis records, pro wrestling, comic books, pogs, Harry Potter, and Garbage Pail Kids.