Lunch for freshman
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Anonymous
| Does your freshman eat lunch at school? If your school has open lunch, how much money do you provide a week to your kid? |
Anonymous
| None. They pack lunch. I’m not encouraging a takeout habit. |
Anonymous
| We just give him a credit card and tell him to use it responsibly. |
Anonymous
| Freshman gets school lunch, by choice |
Anonymous
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None. They occasionally go out to eat with friends and spend their own money.
Otherwise, they have money on their school lunch account or they can pack lunch from home. |
Anonymous
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My kids stopped buying lunch at school because they did don't have enough time to eat lunch if they have to stand in a line to buy food.
So, I pack lunch with a hot component (spaghetti, meatballs, lamb biryani, nuggets, shepherd pie, chilli, chowder, soups, rissoto ) and other things that they can eat if they are crunched for time - string-cheese, yogurt, cut up sandwiches, quesadilla, idli, dumplings, spinach pancakes, mini uttapam, fruit crepes, chicken fritters. |
Anonymous
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My 9th grader occasionally packs a real lunch but often throws in a bunch of snacks and eats real food when she gets home. She stays after for sports and there is time before they begin so they do walk to fast food places or Wawa more than I’d like before practice. She spends 20 a week max on that.
I keep money in my school bucks if she ever wants to buy lunch. She occasionally does. |
Anonymous
| Maybe I should ask how you pack the school lunches in high school then. Mine already complains that her backpack is too heavy. She won’t carry a lunchbox. I have a freezer pack thing but how do you keep things hot (other than a thermos) or a sandwich from getting smashed? |
Anonymous
| They pack their own lunch in a lunchbox and use ice packs/thermos as necessary. |
Anonymous
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Mine takes lunch most days (buys 1-2 times a week if there's something she likes on the menu and/or I'm out of stuff for her to pack). Lunch from school is free (her high school has a high enough FARMs percentage that everyone gets free lunch) so I don't have to worry about funding it. She has money on her account if she wants to just buy a drink or a snack, but she rarely uses it.
For packing lunch, she has a lunchbox from LL Bean that she's been using since 7th grade and we have a bunch of ice packs. Most days she packs a salad in a container made for salads--so it has a large compartment on the bottom for lettuce, and then a container for dressing and smaller compartments which she usually uses for fruit, or croutons, or other veggies. If I'm organized enough I make pasta salad or something like that for her to take with her salad. She usually throws in something protein or carb heavy to go along with the salad(cheese stick, peanut butter crackers, cheese and sausage snack pack). |
Anonymous
| Mine can either pack or eat at school if he wants. No set $ amount. He packs probably 2/3 of the time. He also brings a bag of snacks every day (granola bar, clementine, jerky etc) because he is always hungry. Munches between classes or before practice (which is pretty much right after school). |
Anonymous
| One kid gets a sandwich, the other takes a ceasar salad, both from home. Sometimes they buy lunch, but that's with their money (lifeguarding over the summer and babysitting). |
Anonymous
| I pack their lunch. |
Anonymous
| I usually pack a bag of healthy snacks for my son. Usually cauliflower florets, a couple of celery sticks, and a small plain yogurt |
Anonymous
That’s not nearly enough calories for a growing boy. |