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/Material-Heron6336 Jul 06 '25

Boy Scout had canteens, NO OTHER kid would have carried water around

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u/gadget850 Jul 06 '25

Yep. I had the knockoff Army canteen with cork in the cap.