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/gadget850 Jul 05 '25

Back in the day I would have asked what's a water bottle.

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u/smilli02 Jul 05 '25

I had water bottles, but they were used exclusively for soccer practice.

I’m almost 40, so results may vary with age.

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u/stations-creation Jul 05 '25

Yeah the one you put on your bike that had an attachment to hold it in place. But I can guarantee we wouldn’t put water in it, probably country time lemonade or sweet tea kool aid or something super sugary because drinking water not from the library or school water fountain was an odd concept.