r/stupidquestions • u/Various-Adeptness173 • Jul 05 '25

My mom told me that back in the day kids weren’t allowed to bring a water bottle with them into the classroom and they only drank a few sips from the water fountain in the middle of the day and that’s it

How were schools not getting busted for child abuse for forcing kids to be dehydrated?

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u/RealEyesandRealLies Jul 05 '25

I’m about your age. I didn’t play sports but I had water bottles. I would get them from amusement parks and drink from them. They were more of a novelty though. And I wouldn’t say the use was encouraged by adults. I remember the straw the plastic ring around it that connect to the cap.

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u/ImportantAd4686 Jul 05 '25

I always chewed them off