DD Lunch Specifications: Will she be ok?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh dear god, are you for real? You have created an entitled child who feels that her non-medical diet needs to be accommodated. Your child is not suffering from some diagnosable disease that requires her to eat at specific intervals. She is not, for example, diabetic, right?
You need an attitude check. Schools should not accommodate your DD's desire to eat whenever she wants. There are set snack times, lunch times, and after school. She can quickly snarf down a protein bar in between classes if she "needs" to. But do not go around thinking that your request is a reasonable one. It is not.

This. She needs to learn to exist in the real world, and it is your job to help teach her. Seeking out a school that will accommodate this ridiculous request is not going to benefit her in the long run.

[Anonymous]

I agree with many of the other replies. Your daughter will have to enter a more stable eating routine.

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Wait a sec. you really are going to pick a high school based on the permissible grazing schedule of the other herbivores enrolled? Is this a joke?

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Hey I’m a nutritionist. Herbivores can get plenty of protein and fat from nuts seeds and oils — and proteins from beans plus whole grain cereals and starchy carbs — fats and proteins will contribute to satiety. Send her to school after a big breakfast and extra snacks for snack time — dates and peanut butter for example. You can literally get your kid high energy in reasonable volumes of food and eat at designated snack times. If there’s a medical or behavioral health dx you may be able to get accommodation. I have some clients with this — issues with slow eating related to sensory and mastication issues - TMJ jaw alignment etc.

[Anonymous]

Another gifted/genius child without the social skills to acclimate into her peer group. OP work on her eating habits and don’t pick a school based on their eating habits.

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Can’t she keep almonds in her pocket and quietly have one or two at a time? They probably woiuldnt notice.

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What does being “accelerated” have to do with lunch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does being “accelerated” have to do with lunch?

Either the OP was explaining that her child is really too young for her grade, which is why she will struggle with the reasonable rules around eating or she was just bragging. My money is on the latter.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does being “accelerated” have to do with lunch?

Either the OP was explaining that her child is really too young for her grade, which is why she will struggle with the reasonable rules around eating or she was just bragging. My money is on the latter.

The private schools receive a high percentage of applicants that are gifted and/or accelerated. OP's daughter will not stand out based on that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD (F11) is an accelerated seventh grader and we are deciding on high schools of which to apply to now. My DD is a grazer and eats throughout the day. We don't think this will be an issue but I am worried about lunchtimes at various schools. Out of all of the DC Private/Independent HS which are the most accommodating for me/my DD? (We are potentially looking at GDS, Sidwell, Holton Arms, NCS, Saint Andrews (top choice), Madeira, and Maret)

To be more specific, we are herbivores, my DD gets hungry at varied times and can get cranky if she doesn't eat. She has been known to eat her lunch early, and at her middle school she has been reprimanded for eating in class. We don't want her to feel hurt, nay ostracized for her eating so we want to find an inclusive school.

Thank you.

-BH

"nay ostracized"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does being “accelerated” have to do with lunch?

Because op is looking at high school for her 11 year old. My 11 year old is in 5th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does being “accelerated” have to do with lunch?

Either the OP was explaining that her child is really too young for her grade, which is why she will struggle with the reasonable rules around eating or she was just bragging. My money is on the latter.

The private schools receive a high percentage of applicants that are gifted and/or accelerated. OP's daughter will not stand out based on that.

She will if she isn’t emotionally mature enough for the environment, which it sounds like she isn’t

[Anonymous]

Troll post, folks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD (F11) is an accelerated seventh grader and we are deciding on high schools of which to apply to now. My DD is a grazer and eats throughout the day. We don't think this will be an issue but I am worried about lunchtimes at various schools. Out of all of the DC Private/Independent HS which are the most accommodating for me/my DD? (We are potentially looking at GDS, Sidwell, Holton Arms, NCS, Saint Andrews (top choice), Madeira, and Maret)

To be more specific, we are herbivores, my DD gets hungry at varied times and can get cranky if she doesn't eat. She has been known to eat her lunch early, and at her middle school she has been reprimanded for eating in class. We don't want her to feel hurt, nay ostracized for her eating so we want to find an inclusive school.

Thank you.

-BH

This post is nuts. Your daughter needs to grow up. Nobody wants her chicken barbecue sauce on the science group project just cause she feels snacky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Troll post, folks

Yep. But sort of funny.