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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
Posted by browneyedgirl
wouldn't bother me. i'm the parent--i decide if they eat it or not. since it wasn't eaten in daycare, i wouldn't have a problem with it.
DS brought home a goodie bag of treats from preschool--i didn't think twice about it. i threw out what i didn't want him to have and split the rest between him and his sister.
Same here. Daycare and preschool teachers should know that 2 and 3 year old kids shouldn't be getting ANY candy unless their parents give it to them. Luca came home with a bunch of stuff and I was very thankful for the thoughtful parents who provided me with yummy snacks 
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
AJ came home with lolli pops and chewy gummy sugar coated hearts, marshmallows and Welch's fruit snacks
She wanted the lollis and kept asking for them.
I was NOT pleased 
She got only the marshmallows. All the rest were removed.  I really don't understand why people would do this for 2yrs olds. I gave out 4 pc crayon sets. *shrug*
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| Posted 2/16/11 8:51 PM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
Posted by browneyedgirl
wouldn't bother me. i'm the parent--i decide if they eat it or not. since it wasn't eaten in daycare, i wouldn't have a problem with it.
DS brought home a goodie bag of treats from preschool--i didn't think twice about it. i threw out what i didn't want him to have and split the rest between him and his sister.
I agree. My son's preschool doesn't allow candy for snacktime. But for Valentine's Day he came home with a goody bag of Valentines from other students - many of which were candy.
I think its perfectly ok that they sent it home - for YOU to decide what to do with it.
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| Posted 2/16/11 8:53 PM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
TOTALLY FINE IMO
They did not give them to the kids. So the choice was yours. Where is the issue?
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| Posted 2/16/11 9:19 PM |
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jerseypanda
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
Personally, I don't see the big deal.
If your daycare is anything like mine, the children aren't even touching or holding any of the candy. When the parents come in, they are the ones who put all the Valentine's stuff in the DC cubbies.
DS came home with bags and bags of different things this Valentine's day. Lollipops, gummy chews, chocolate, sweet tarts, nerds. 3/4 of the stuff I threw away because there was no way I was giving it to him and I didn't like it myself. The rest of the chocolate.... I've been eating myself!
As long as they are not giving it directly to the children and leaving it up to the parents, I have no issue with it.
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| Posted 2/16/11 9:47 PM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
Posted by ChrisDee
TOTALLY FINE IMO
They did not give them to the kids. So the choice was yours. Where is the issue?
yea, I'm wondering, too.
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| Posted 2/16/11 9:58 PM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
Posted by itsbabytime
If it were given to them as they were leaving to take home I don't see any problem with it at all.
If it were given to them during the day while they were there to eat I would NOT be happy about it and would talk to someone there about it.
ITA!
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| Posted 2/16/11 10:00 PM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
It bothered me at first but I got used to it. I know that it goes on in almost every center near where I live. I have colleagues who have kids in the other centers. My son gave out candy bars and I know that in some cases it will be the parents who eat them. There was so much in my son's treat bag that he will not notice that I took out the things that he may choke on.
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| Posted 2/16/11 10:40 PM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
take home i am fine with....DD got a lot of stuff i dont allow her to have on vday to take home.
i throw it out. she never knows and we go about our treats the way we do things.
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| Posted 2/16/11 10:44 PM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
Posted by jerseypanda
Personally, I don't see the big deal.
If your daycare is anything like mine, the children aren't even touching or holding any of the candy. When the parents come in, they are the ones who put all the Valentine's stuff in the DC cubbies.
DS came home with bags and bags of different things this Valentine's day. Lollipops, gummy chews, chocolate, sweet tarts, nerds. 3/4 of the stuff I threw away because there was no way I was giving it to him and I didn't like it myself. The rest of the chocolate.... I've been eating myself!
As long as they are not giving it directly to the children and leaving it up to the parents, I have no issue with it.
If this is the case, then I take back what I said. I was under the impression the children were physically given the candy and had the potential to eat it on their own. So I take back what I said if the parents were given the candy or the children were not given the chance to eat it.
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| Posted 2/16/11 10:48 PM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
Thank you all for your replies, I appreciate different insights on it:)
PS. I still don't think small children should be given small candies in any form, what if one of them somehow got a hold of them during the day? KWIM? Just a risk factor that I am upset about:)
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| Posted 2/17/11 4:58 AM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
Posted by jerseypanda
Personally, I don't see the big deal.
If your daycare is anything like mine, the children aren't even touching or holding any of the candy. When the parents come in, they are the ones who put all the Valentine's stuff in the DC cubbies.
DS came home with bags and bags of different things this Valentine's day. Lollipops, gummy chews, chocolate, sweet tarts, nerds. 3/4 of the stuff I threw away because there was no way I was giving it to him and I didn't like it myself. The rest of the chocolate.... I've been eating myself!
As long as they are not giving it directly to the children and leaving it up to the parents, I have no issue with it.
Agree...
And Im just wondering; how does anyone expect for the teachers to go through each and every goodie bag the parents sent in?
For a 2yr old classroom we are talking prob about 10 kids...
If they took the time to "raid" each goodie bag that would be 10-15min that they werent supervising your child...
I dont think they should have candy... Im the mom who sent in bookmarks BUT it's not the teacher's responsibility to tell the parents what they sent in was inappropriate...
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| Posted 2/17/11 7:00 AM |
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Peainapod
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
In the lobby of the daycare they had a basket full of snack pack hershey kisses for the adults to take. Thats all i saw.
I dont think they gave anything out to the kids, but DS isnt there on mondays. I wouldnt like lilttle ones having those type of choking hazards.
I bought a valentine kit for DS and it had heart pops. I was just going to use the cards b/c I was not giving lollies to toddlers under 2. Instead, i gave out little bags of kix to take home. (they give kix to them in daycare so i figured it was ok.)
I would be concerned and maybe address it with them so they dont do it again.
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| Posted 2/17/11 8:04 AM |
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Diana1215
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
I don't even see how this is an issue.
The candy was not given to the kids at daycare. The THOUGHTFUL goodie bags were given for them to take home. It's at the parents discretion to decide what the kid gets.
My son got about 10 goodie bags this year. I gave him one lollipop and hid the rest that he can eat at a later date, and threw out (or ate myself) anything that I felt was inappropriate.
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| Posted 2/17/11 8:11 AM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
My 10 month old DD got a stuffed animal and one package of candy hearts from her teachers.
I didn't think twice about it. I'm obviously not going to let her eat them, but I thought it was cute that they got her something.
They also made magnetic heart doilies with a picture of DD cut in the shape of a heart. 
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| Posted 2/17/11 8:31 AM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
after reading some more of the thread I change my answer. If the goody bags were given to the parents or put in the cubby, and the kids didn't know the candy was there, then I think that is ok. I would just go through the bag and give DD whatever candy she could have.
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LeShellem
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
I see no issue with this. If they gave it to them in daycare, that I have an issue with. Taking it home - no issue whatsoever. If you don't want your child to have it don't give it. It was Valentines day and for some it was meant as a treat to be eaten under parental supervision.
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| Posted 2/17/11 8:54 AM |
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jerseypanda
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
Posted by BabyLove08
Thank you all for your replies, I appreciate different insights on it:)
PS. I still don't think small children should be given small candies in any form, what if one of them somehow got a hold of them during the day? KWIM? Just a risk factor that I am upset about:)
I definitely understand what you are saying, but keep in mind we unfortunately cannot put our DC in a bubble and protect them from EVERY risk factor.
When DS was in his 2 year old room, there was a little girl in the class who always had her hair braided and had beads on the ends of her braids. One day a bead fell off her hair and another little girl stuck it up her nose. 
Obviously after that the little girl was not allowed to wear beads in her hair anymore, but what I'm saying is that the Valentine's candy is, IMO, less of a risk than everyday things that can happen in the class.... buttons on the clothing, etc.
At least the Valentine's candy is put in the cubby so that the parent has the final say in whether or not the child is going to have it.
I don't even agree with candy in general because I don't think all the sugar is necessary. I'm the parent who put stickers and tatoos in my DC Valentine cards (my DH thought it made us look cheap compared to the parents who gave filled goodie bags  ) But I do expect that some parents are going to give candy and give some candy that might not be age appropriate... and that's why it's wonderful that my DC don't get to have it before I go through it.
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| Posted 2/17/11 9:31 AM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
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Was it given out to eat there or to take home?
Take home!
To take home, I wouldn't mind. B/c I'd just eat it myself 
I agree!! DS's school (age 2) gave him a goody bag to bring home including a heart shaped crayon, 2 lollipops & a candy necklace. I didn't mind, thought it was sweet.
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| Posted 2/17/11 9:42 AM |
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Re: Do You Think It's OK For A Daycare Center To Give SMALL Candies Out To The Children In The 2 Year Old Room For V-Day TO TAKE HOME?
Tommy was given some candy valentines by his classmates to take home. They were like Welch's gummy bears, that type of thing. His daycare will NOT allow that in school, but they send it home and it is at the parent's discretion. I would not get mad at the daycare itself. It's really the parent's decision.
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