School Lunches

Feeding a child is a basic parental responsibility - yet the federal government has increasingly taken over this role. School children can now get breakfast, lunch and dinner at school, while some schools even provide summer feeding programs.

Unfortunately, this is precisely the wrong solution if we want healthy kids. The newest research on childhood obesity finds that children are at a lower risk for obesity if their parents take a greater role in their nutrition. Children who eat dinner with their families, get adequate sleep at night, and watch less television are much healthier than kids who don’t practice these three simple steps.

Despite this research, in 2010, billions of dollars were added to the already wasteful and fraudulent federal school lunch program. Adding money to an already broken system won’t do anything to help make our kids healthier. The only real solution is to encourage greater parental responsibility over a child’s food needs. This will reduce the number of children currently (and unnecessarily) enrolled in the school lunch program so that taxpayer dollars can be directed to only those families who truly need assistance in feeding their children.

 

ARTICLES:

School Choice is Chef’s Solution to “Government Monster”
April 30 2012
Vicki E. Alger

Parents Keep Kids Healthy
April 25 2012
Julie Gunlock

Choosing Pink Slime
March 16 2012
Julie Gunlock

Lunch Nazis on the Attack
February 16 2012
Julie Gunlock
NY Post

Home-Packed Meals Don’t Meet Government Standards
February 15 2012
Julie Gunlock
National Review Online: The Home Front

Dueling Obesity Studies
February 10 2012
Julie Gunlock

Parenting: A Lost Art
February 4 2012
Julie Gunlock

New School Lunch Standards Announced
January 26 2012
Julie Gunlock

Parents Make The Difference
January 23 2012
Julie Gunlock

School Lunch Fraud
January 19 2012
Julie Gunlock

Big Brother Tells Mom and Dad to Stand Aside
January 17 2012
Julie Gunlock

Miss Oklahoma--A Woman For Food Freedom!
January 17 2012
Julie Gunlock

The Big-Government Barometer
January 3 2012
Julie Gunlock
National Review

New Ad Campaign Targets Fat Kids
January 3 2012
Julie Gunlock

Blame The Free Market
December 29 2011
Julie Gunlock

More Failure on School Lunches
December 21 2011
Julie Gunlock

The Great Pear Debate
December 16 2011
Julie Gunlock

Marginalizing Parents
December 12 2011
Julie Gunlock

Dr. Oz to Cure Childhood Obesity
November 28 2011
Julie Gunlock

Uncle Sam Can't Cook
November 16 2011
Julie Gunlock

Yup...Kids Still Drink Soda
November 9 2011
Julie Gunlock

Food Advertisers Are Not To Blame For Childhood Obesity
October 18 2011
Julie Gunlock
Town Hall

Sesame Street Tells a Fib . . . About Hunger
October 7 2011
Julie Gunlock
National Review -- The Home Front

Wu-rrying About School Lunches
October 7 2011
Julie Gunlock
National Review -- The Home Front

Food Nanny State: The Feds Will Feed You
September 1 2011
Julie Gunlock

Bye Bye Brown Bag
August 29 2011
Julie Gunlock