Big Mother Is Watching

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday July 30, 2006 @07:30PM from the hi-mom dept.

theodp writes "Newsweek reports that high-schoolers are being denied the joy of ordering unhealthy lunches thanks to their schools' adoption of services like MealpayPlus. New web-based services allow moms to prepay for cafeteria food, specify what their kid can and can't buy, and go online to track his purchases." From the article: "If the child tries to buy a prohibited item, an alert flashes on the cashier's computer. Of course, the system isn't foolproof. According to a KRC Research survey, 73 percent of 8- to 12-year-olds are throwing out part of their lunches at least once a week; 36 percent are trading them." All I ever got was PB&J.

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Wait until morning by Harmonious+Botch · 2006-07-30 19:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

My guess is that most of the /.ers with kids are asleep by now; it will be interesting to see how the character of posts changes in 5 or 6 hours. There seems to be way too much misplaced indignation at this hour.