One of the “big” stories today is that the healthier school dinners are not working. Is this really true? Did we really expect kids to prefer healthy food to chips? Of course not. Is it an option to return to chips? Of course not.
For once, just once, this government, and the whole country, needs to take a common-sense decision. Kids to not have a “human right” to choose to kill themselves with chips and junk food. Parents, government and society have a duty of care to ensure that children are fed properly. If parents are failing in this, it does not excuse society or the government. Now is the time to stand firm on this issue. The government must ensure that it does whatever necessary, even if that means bailing out the catering companies financially, to ensure that this initiative works. As Jamie Oliver showed on his “School Dinners” TV show, the kids will rebel at first, but they do come round. Firstly they run out of money for Chips at lunchtime, and secondly, their taste buds come round to the new flavours.
We cannot allow the Turkey Twizzler back into schools. Enough namby pambying.
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