Michelle, I am positive that those of us with children who care about this issue volunteer a lot of time, energy, and donate money, goods, and talent to schools.

Corporate America has no business using teachers to advertise products to children. Marion Nestle is a hero of mine, and I would encourage anyone who thinks this sort of marketing is harmless to read some of her work.

I disagree with it. They have enough advertising going on as it is, and kids are not thinking salads when they see McDs (sadly). But then again, as parents I think it is our job to educate our kids on making good choices in places such as this; we are supposed to be the example. My 13 yr old wants to drop about 15 lbs, and he's doing it...with James and I. He really has shown, teenage stubborness aside LOL) an interest, through asking questions, of what is and is not okay to eat. We don't preach to him, but as my blog says, my kitchen is 100% healthy, so really he has no choice but to eat healthy right. And he is seeing me lose weight the right way, not to mention the hard work it's taking to get it off, and as a result he is trying to get control of his eating rather than later. which is a good thing. So if I ever see ads for places like this on his school stuff, absolutely...I will take the time to educate him on it. I'm grateful to have a good relationship with him, and that, at least for now, he listens to me on most things