That is silly! The kids love that time of year and giving cards & candy canes. If the parents don’t want their children to eat them then through them out but the school shouldn’t ban them!

I don’t think it should be banned but isn’t this a great way for the school to show the kids how to make something else to celebrate?

I honestly can’t see that this once a year treat should be banned – talk about taking the fun out of Christmas – Ho Ho Ho not!

We are having Candy Canes whether it’s banned or not at our kids school, it’s part of Christmas and it only comes around once a year!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’d ban them because we’ve had kds stealing others’ cards to get the candy canes!

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 26 Nov 2017 , 8:09 am

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  I am shocked – that is truly horrible – especially at Christmas time.

If my kids were still at school and they wanted to give candy canes, or similar confectionary, as Xmas gifts ild leg them. Banned or not!

Christmas and Birthday celebrations are not every day events and surely candy canes and birthdays cakes are treat foods for celebrations and not every day foods. It is important to celebrate special days which does include treat foods. Birthday cakes and other treats bring such joy and the bigger picture is children and adults celebrating, giving, sharing and being part of a group. I am not keen on the banning and policing of foods. Teaching children about balance with food and diet and health and well being seems like a sensible approach to me.

So far the only restrictions at my daughters school on treats on special occasions are to do with food allergies. This year they have gone nut, egg & fish free due to anaphylactic pupils – mind I’m not sure anyone would bring fish for a treat

Yes they have been banned at the kindy my youngest go to. This does not stop them from having them. It is good in a way as one of my children has to be careful what she eats. As for others it is just taking away the fun of the season. When I went to school in the late 60’s lollies were banned at school and if found with them, they were taken off us. This was a public school in NSW.

surely they would have had breakfast before going to school! – this really is just taking things way too far – it’s once a year with the candy canes, it’s in the giving spirit. They don’t even have to be full size ones, my girls quite often get the mini ones in cards – Long Live The Candy Cane at Christmas!!!!

Surely that could just ban eating them at school and they can still hand out cards with candy canes and leave it up to the parents when they get home?

If they go on like this, soon they will be banned from all schools in Australia.

I agree they are a nice treat but if they are given too many it could lead to medical issues. How many children will say, “no thank you” because they have diabetes, coelic disease or another medical condtion. Very few lollies are sugar free that don’t have artificial sweeteners wich cause medical problems.
For children with wheat intolerance or worse still Coelic Disease a lot of lollies including chocolates contain wheat ( barley, rye or oats – Coelics can’t have any of them. To a Coelic Person they are like poisoning a person with a damaged section of their bowel. It varies from hours to days of symptons (pains, bloating, vomitting, nausea, bowel issues and a variety of others) before it subsides. It can be as simple as the product being made on a machine used to produce products with gluten in them.

I think it’s sad that they are stopping something that brings a little happiness to children, we are trying to teach our children the gift of giving and they are telling them what they can and can’t give it’s just so sad

My daughter is now in high school, but in primary school there were no restrictions about candy canes or other treats.

I disagree a bit of candy at Christmas is no harm at all!

What a sensible school. Candy canes have no purpose other than to rot kids teeth. I never let my kids eat them when they brought them home from school.

Great move ! Wish our school banned it, especially since one of my kids has soft decay and she is brought every time into a huge temptation…

They are taking away all the fun out of being a kid – a little treat every now and then does not hurt them. Its only when you give them sweets all the time then it is not a good idea

any dietician will tell you that any balanced diet contains some sweets as a little treat