Don’t bottle it up
Seven more local schools have banished sugary drinks from kids’ lunch boxes. What do your kids drink at school?
Water, I think. It’s a great thing for primary schools. Water is all they need at school. Lauren Parmenter
While it’s better to drink water I still don’t like being told. Let people make up their own minds you nannies. Reece Pit
Water. Sugary drinks aren’t banned. I just know that my kids don’t need juice or soft drink. Even at home and parties they drink water or milk. Kristy Lawler
Well when I went to school ... way back in the ’70s I never took a water bottle. It was always cordial, man have times changed. Tracey Pearce
Education on nutrition should start at home. Not enforced by schools. Schools are taking up too much slack for proper parenting nowadays. I understand not selling sugary drinks at the canteen, but banning juice from a child’s lunch box? What a joke. Nemo Djordjevic
Educate don’t restrict, allow freedom, but educate nutrition and a having a healthy balanced diet. Ben Buckland
Don’t give your kids money to eat at canteens. Easy fix. Water, I think it’s a great thing for primary schools. Water is all they need at school. Timmy Mac
About time — now let’s banish hot dogs. Debbie Parsons
Water. I survived with just water at school. Linda Witte
Water is all my children take. Makes it hard when children bring other drinks. Michelle Thom
Water and fruit for that natural sugar boost. Rosalind Dowie
Water or kids Cocobella. Hana Pittaway
My daughter wouldn’t think of taking anything other than water and has never fallen asleep in class. Sarah Spalding
Ours is a water only school and has been for six years. Susan Vriens
Water and a flavoured milk once a week in their lunch order. Kerrie Lancaster
I wonder if they consider fruit juice as sugary, because it is. Terri-Lee Campion
Kids are going to fall asleep in class. Suzanne Olsen
I’d love my kids’ schools to do this because I’m sick of the nagging for sugary crap that I won’t give them, but other parents do. Tiff Burns