Eat Easy

Iconoculture: Big Mama is watching. MealPay.com enables parents to set up an electronic debit-card system that logs their kids’ cafeteria purchases and bans certain foods altogether.
The ATM / debit-like card is accepted in 76 school districts in 24 states (CSMonitor.com 11.22.05). Kids use it to purchase food at the cafeteria, then parents can go online to track what and how much was bought.
There are certain loopholes in the system, however. Does purchase equal consumption? Does surveillance undermine a teenager’s burgeoning sense of independence? Shouldn’t schools offer only nutritious food in the first place? We’re guessing worrywart and Control Freak parents won’t care.
Parents are down with V-chips and media blockers. Why not food filters?
MealPay.com helps parents control what their kids eat at school [Iconoculture]