Education

St. Valentine’s Day (Candy) Massacre: School Bans Candy, Pushes Origami Instead

In a move that will probably get support from the First Lady, but boos from kids and candy companies, a school in Massachusetts has banned candy exchanges on Valentines Day.

The Horace Mann School in Newton has told parents that kids cannot not bring Valentines Day candy to school. Instead, the school suggests that kids exchange things like nice cards, or gifts like “stickers, pencils, erasers, stamps, or crafts like origami.”

One mom was fully supporting the ban. She told MyFoxBoston that last Valentines Day was a difficult one for her:

Last year was hell. The second grader and kindergartener came back with bags full of candy, cake, lolipops, and garbage. They had eaten half of it already at school. The other half they fought over or ate the rest. I tried to take it away from them – they screamed. I was like never again, this is not right.

MyFoxBoston did two separate reports on the story. One that sort of supported it and another that poked a little fun at it. Here’s the positive side of the candy ban:

Later in the broadcast, even the news reporters could not contain themselves when talking about it:

Where do you stand on the topic of banning Valentines Day candy in schools?


Valentines Day Candy Ban

(H/T: Jeff Katz at Talk 1200 in Boston)

Comments (61)

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  • 1791TR
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 11:32am

    This country is out of control. It’s time to split this country up. Give the libs a few states, they can call it some communist name, and we can go back to the good old USA.

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    • Jedidavid
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 4:13pm

      Heard on the radio on my lunch break some researchers in San Fransisco say sugar is “as harmful as alcohol and illegal drugs” that there needs to be more stringent regulations, maybe even an AGE REQUIRMENT FOR PURCHASING “EXCESSIVE” SUGAR PRODUCTS. What the heck is happening to us? Funny thing… the Simpson’s did an episode about this exac thing. An over protective mother wanting to run everyone else’s life. I guess we already have that tho…

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  • Phoneguy
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 11:24am

    Isn’t Mitt from there?

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  • alrunner58
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:59am

    @ ISLAMHATER

    Origami is japanese paper cutting.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 11:14am

      Schools should not be promoting anything except educationa. Valentines day is BS concoction that has no educational value, nor does halloween, easter bunnies etc in school. Keep birthday cakes, cupcakes, all these feel good things out of the school. We need to move away from these infantile things which have created such an infantile society. No pajama day at school either, no cross dressing day (which happened once and only once at my kids middle school). No green day (St Pats), No earth day! No Turkey day! Get rid of all this crap and teach kids about the country, its history, its many achievements etc.

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    • phantorn
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 11:18am

      Actually, origami is just paper folding. It is kirigami that involves cutting paper.

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    • islamhater
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 11:23am

      @ALRUNNER58: TY i thought it was asian didn’t know though TY very much.

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    • Thecoolhandluke
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 5:51pm

      @Chief George

      Way overboard man. Kids should be allowed to have some fun at school. Heck Turkey Day is part of this Country’s history, so is St. Patty’s Day for that matter–any idea how many people in this country owe their existence at least in part to the Irish? The oldest St. Pat’s parade in the world is not in Ireland, it’s in New York City. Of course I can agree with you on the cross dressing day; never heard of one of those.

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:53am

    Not a school I’d want to go to.. take all the fun out of Valentines Day.. I tell you what folks, keep all your kids home from school that day and let the schools teachers and administration sit there all alone, wondering where the heck their students are. Oh, its a boycott against the school because you took the fun out of Valentines day, yeah keep them home and give them some ooey gooey Valentine’s candy to eat all day long. Stupid asinine people, who the hell do they think they are. Little Hitler’s thats what..God help us!

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  • ElChupaCabraDeUSA
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:50am

    I bet they have a nasty cup stacking team

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  • spairhair
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:42am

    My gosh how has anyone been able to survive over these past years. We’ve turned into a bunch of nosey, worry warts. Use your head…whatever happen to common sense. We have no problems teaching homosexuality, contraception at any early age. Let kids be kids and enjoy candy on Valentines day. It will not belong before these small kids will be introduced to drugs and condoms. This all makes me SICK!!

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  • dirtydog1776
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:36am

    Hear that sucking sound? It is the sound of all the fun of being a kid being sucked out of life by progressives who demand that a person’s life be socially relevant, politically correct and devoted to social justice. Nothing more dangerous than a morally righteous liberal who wants to control your life.

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    • islamhater
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:48am

      Origami < Isn't this a chinese thing?? WTF is going on ? This is what happens when people sit back and let themselves be taken over. Voteing will change NOTHING! I'm not sitting back no more i'm getting in their faces.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 11:13am

      So are you saying that things are sucking enough to cause an origami?

      Oh yeah, the jokes practically write themselves with this thread! :)

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    • louise
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:51pm

      hahahahahaaa

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    • AmericanBumpkin
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 3:32pm

      priceless! XD

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  • capitalismrocks
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:33am

    Fine, no candy… so long as they at least observe St. Valentines Day…

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day

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  • STEEEEVE53
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:18am

    Well, I am certainly appalled…….they are suggesting exchanging PENCILS ? I thought pencils were outlawed when they found out you could put out an eye with one of them ! The kids should be required to wear goggles in class, at the least…..

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 11:16am

      What is the educational value of valentines day being lifted up and celebrated at school? Zero!

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 12:43pm

      It is important, Chiefgeorge, to remove all Western Cultural references as you are actively advocating on this thread. They’re already essentially destroyed our cannonical history and literature, why not go for the vestigal holidays next, again, as you’ve suggested several times? Is this part of the vaunted “New World Order” that you’ve gushed about on other threads I wonder?

      After that, we can move to change the language to Chinese or Arabic and be done with it. Those are the fruits of the pragmatism you wish to engage against the rest of us. Welcome to your garden.

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  • larrylarrylarry
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:18am

    A bunch of poo eaters with AIDS

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  • alrunner58
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:14am

    @ ONENIGHTCUPID

    Please don’t peddle your garbage on this site.

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  • alrunner58
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:12am

    @ONENIGHTCUPID
    Please don’t peddle that kind of garbage on this site.

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  • PATRIOTMAMA
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:09am

    I only read the statement by the parent (I think) about how the kids had eaten half of the candy and screamed when they tried to take it away from them. I’ve got news for you, PARENT, you shouldn’t give a flying crap about whether the kid complains or screams when you take stuff away from them. THAT’S YOUR JOB!!!! If they get something inappropriate your job is to set restrictions and boundaries on them so they learn how to handle temptation and healthy eating habits. Take a tip from Catholic School, when you just take everything away from them and don’t teach them how to handle it when they have it, DOOFUS, they’re going to go crazy when they finally get the freedom of adulthood. Halloween comes around every year and my kids are allowed to eat some that night and then get rationed after that as I see fit. But then again, I‘m not afraid to parent my children and I’m not afraid to be the bad guy either. AGAIN, MY JOB!!! Another case of lazy parents taking away the enjoyment of childhood from their kids so they don’t have to experience the unpleasentness of kids not liking them for a moment and in turn stealing the opportunity for life lessons that will benefit them in the long run. Also, pushing their spoiled deprived kids off onto society at large when they grow up not knowing how to life in the real world when they become adults. FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!

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    • Lil Ole Me
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:24am

      I agree completely. For my kids, Halloween candy lasts until Christmas. Just because you have something, doesn’t mean you have to use it all at once. It;s kind of like the same way I teach them not to spend money all at once, also. You can find teaching moments for your children in almost anything if you just recognize them.

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    • marthasusan40
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:26am

      I could not agree with you more. As a parent it is my job to parent. There is candy in the world, this is just the first of many things your kids need to adjust to, like alcohol, drugs, cigarettes and pasta ! I hope to have taught my kids moderation is the KEY to living. The idea to deprive your children of candy is just plain stupid. I do the same on holidays, We control the amount. It opens the door to the topic of healthy eating. My kids love sweets just like any kid, but they have been brought up in a home where there are special occasions where the rules are bent slightly, like Valentines Day, Halloween & Easter….by the way, my children attend private Catholic school..that reminds me, I have about 120 Heart shaped cut out cookies to bake and decorate with icing made with real white sugar…..they are wonderful and the kids at our school will love this treat !

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 11:22am

      You let them get halloween candy too? We need to sterilize this crap from our system once and for all. Yank Valentines Day at school, Halloween too, no educational value, if society still begs that your kids do this on their time then so be it. This stuff is all a scam for the corporations anyways who teach your kids when their young that this is what your supposed to do on the appointed day, you must go out and buy their stuff to celebrate it, waste of money and time. Keeps us an infantile society in the final analysis! The same ones who bitch about why this country is screwed up will not look in the mirror at the very things we allow to creep into our lives and be told by the society these are the things you should do and if you don’t your somehow a screwed up knot head. Its ridiculous.

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  • momrules
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:08am

    I thank God that my children are grown and out of the public school system. I had to fight all the time in the late 80‘s and thru the 90’s because of the PC stupidity in the schools. The principals and some of the teachers literally hated me.

    Parents, either fight for your kids or get them out of the public schools.

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  • thekuligs
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:07am

    Can I tell you how happy I am that we’re homeschooling our kids next school year? They’d be out now, but only one of them is school aged and she goes to a school on a military base, and there is a lot less nonsense.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 11:03am

      I did military base schools in the 60′s, good stuff!

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  • booger71
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:07am

    the school suggests that kids exchange things like nice cards, or gifts like “stickers, pencils, erasers, stamps, or crafts like origami.”
    ————————–
    Surprised they didn’t mention condoms.

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:06am

    Maybe they should just give each other 8×10 glossies of the flotus with a stalk of celery.

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  • Taxed_N_Spent
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:05am

    “I tried to take it away from them – they screamed”

    Prime example of poor parenting. Of course they screamed. That’s how they (kids) manipulate adults. Grow a spine and tell them “NO”. If they continue to throw a tantrum you provide them with the opportunity to stand in the corner and think about their behavior. Better yet, the ‘old school’ method of holding books always worked well in our house. Act up, expect to hold a stack of books in each outstretched arm until you realize the error of your behavior. Why should my kids be denied the occasional fun of candy at school parties because you’re too lazy to discipline your own kids?

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:05am

    I‘ve said it before and i’ll say it again…. CAMERAS IN THE CLASSROOM…. to keep an eye on the MARXIST INDOCTINATORS…. not the students !!!!

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  • booger71
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:05am

    I will be right over

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  • flyoverbob
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:04am

    Blaze ,I know this is really important stuff,but did you hear about Holder being held in contempt.
    I realize you cant cover all the news but if you get a chance while turning left take a look at it.

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:12am

      People who frequent these sites, probably already know that…..

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    • Lil Ole Me
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:31am

      Ya, no doubt that’s important as well, but the continued attempts of some to take away the responsibilities of parents and transfer them to a governmental agency ( i.e. “public” school ) does deserve at least some attention.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:01am

    Massachusetts is doing the right thing. It will keep these young, impressionable minds focused on the important things like LBGT studies and Mexican heritage studies…you know, the important stuff.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:20am

      And Paper cuts.
      I can just see the Bloodsucker Lawyers ads,

      Did your children‘s teacher cause festering paper cuts on your child’s hands. Call Atty Richard Blumenthal for a low cost referral , to sue the teacher, school, school district,, superintendant. and your neighbor’s third cousin. Call 1-666-66-6666

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 9:54am

    “When hell freezes over”.

    How does that sound?

    I think all parents should pull their kids out of that school/those schools, refuse to pay taxes which support those schools and those teachers and GET A LIFE!

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  • lukerw
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 9:47am

    My Father fought Fascism with a Machine Gun!

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 10:02am

      @lukerw
      And your fighting with a computer ! and they dont like your freedom to inform , so be careful !!!

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  • smithclar3nc3
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 9:47am

    People get your kids out of those indoctrination camps….

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