Parents - your kids are bringing garbage snacks to school

[Anonymous]

You can tell me what to feed my kid when all the kids are reading on grade level. Until then, shut your mouth and do your actual job rather than trying to do mine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ahhhh I remember that age. I used to pack a very healthy lunch for my kid (protein, rice, veg, no sugar). Then I got an email from the teacher telling me not to pack Brussels sprouts anymore because my son and some other boys were throwing them at each other's heads because they looked like little balls.

I generally think that unless you're paying for the food that someone else is eating, you have no business commenting on it.

There's a wide range of foods between cold brussels sprouts and oreos for snack. School lunch was the same in the 80s and 90s as it is now - nor did we have coolers or microwaves back then to use. But our parents sent us ants on a log, or apples cut up (yes they got a little brown - my mom put lemon on but that tasted weird too), orange slices, pretzel sticks, goldfish, maybe a homemade baked good on a good day. It is crazy when I join my kids at lunch. So many of the kids eat exclusively prepackaged junk - E.g. Capri Sun, Twix Yogurt, Cheetos, and Chips A Hoy -as the whole lunch. Then a few kids have twee bento boxes (hey, good for those moms). The immigrant kids have delicious looking real food for lunch. Then you still have the dwindling PBJ/cheese stick/apple/one cookie crowd.

I do see on here frequent complaints about no nuts. We have lived in multiple states and never had a nut ban in our kids' schools, but we do not live in the DMV. That would be definitely be tough.

LCPS where we are definitely does not have a nut ban. I haven’t heard of a public school doing that. There is an allergy table for kids with severe needs but my nut allergic kid just ate at the class table and knew not to share food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can tell me what to feed my kid when all the kids are reading on grade level. Until then, shut your mouth and do your actual job rather than trying to do mine.

Oh the irony that these two things are correlated! Guess which kids are better readers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ahhhh I remember that age. I used to pack a very healthy lunch for my kid (protein, rice, veg, no sugar). Then I got an email from the teacher telling me not to pack Brussels sprouts anymore because my son and some other boys were throwing them at each other's heads because they looked like little balls.

I generally think that unless you're paying for the food that someone else is eating, you have no business commenting on it.

There's a wide range of foods between cold brussels sprouts and oreos for snack. School lunch was the same in the 80s and 90s as it is now - nor did we have coolers or microwaves back then to use. But our parents sent us ants on a log, or apples cut up (yes they got a little brown - my mom put lemon on but that tasted weird too), orange slices, pretzel sticks, goldfish, maybe a homemade baked good on a good day. It is crazy when I join my kids at lunch. So many of the kids eat exclusively prepackaged junk - E.g. Capri Sun, Twix Yogurt, Cheetos, and Chips A Hoy -as the whole lunch. Then a few kids have twee bento boxes (hey, good for those moms). The immigrant kids have delicious looking real food for lunch. Then you still have the dwindling PBJ/cheese stick/apple/one cookie crowd.

I do see on here frequent complaints about no nuts. We have lived in multiple states and never had a nut ban in our kids' schools, but we do not live in the DMV. That would be definitely be tough.

That totally went over your head, didn't it?

You'd think the teachers who complain about "junk" that the kids are eating would just tell the boys to knock it off instead of chastising me for sending a healthy food option, but no. Either way, if it's not your kid, don't worry about what they are eating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are not watching out for this you should be.

On a daily basis I have kids bringing for snack (not dessert):

Packaged muffins, cookies, brownies, Doritos, cheetos. And the quantities they are bringing are astounding too.

This is terrible brain food. It makes them sleepy, unfocused and it’s terrible for their health too!

Now go shout your post out into the wind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ahhhh I remember that age. I used to pack a very healthy lunch for my kid (protein, rice, veg, no sugar). Then I got an email from the teacher telling me not to pack Brussels sprouts anymore because my son and some other boys were throwing them at each other's heads because they looked like little balls.

I generally think that unless you're paying for the food that someone else is eating, you have no business commenting on it.

There's a wide range of foods between cold brussels sprouts and oreos for snack. School lunch was the same in the 80s and 90s as it is now - nor did we have coolers or microwaves back then to use. But our parents sent us ants on a log, or apples cut up (yes they got a little brown - my mom put lemon on but that tasted weird too), orange slices, pretzel sticks, goldfish, maybe a homemade baked good on a good day. It is crazy when I join my kids at lunch. So many of the kids eat exclusively prepackaged junk - E.g. Capri Sun, Twix Yogurt, Cheetos, and Chips A Hoy -as the whole lunch. Then a few kids have twee bento boxes (hey, good for those moms). The immigrant kids have delicious looking real food for lunch. Then you still have the dwindling PBJ/cheese stick/apple/one cookie crowd.

I do see on here frequent complaints about no nuts. We have lived in multiple states and never had a nut ban in our kids' schools, but we do not live in the DMV. That would be definitely be tough.

That totally went over your head, didn't it?

You'd think the teachers who complain about "junk" that the kids are eating would just tell the boys to knock it off instead of chastising me for sending a healthy food option, but no. Either way, if it's not your kid, don't worry about what they are eating.

It’s fine. When they lay their head on their desk and close their eyes after that carb and sugar laden “snack” and miss the whole lesson, I don’t worry about that either. Only the best for the next generation right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ahhhh I remember that age. I used to pack a very healthy lunch for my kid (protein, rice, veg, no sugar). Then I got an email from the teacher telling me not to pack Brussels sprouts anymore because my son and some other boys were throwing them at each other's heads because they looked like little balls.

I generally think that unless you're paying for the food that someone else is eating, you have no business commenting on it.

There's a wide range of foods between cold brussels sprouts and oreos for snack. School lunch was the same in the 80s and 90s as it is now - nor did we have coolers or microwaves back then to use. But our parents sent us ants on a log, or apples cut up (yes they got a little brown - my mom put lemon on but that tasted weird too), orange slices, pretzel sticks, goldfish, maybe a homemade baked good on a good day. It is crazy when I join my kids at lunch. So many of the kids eat exclusively prepackaged junk - E.g. Capri Sun, Twix Yogurt, Cheetos, and Chips A Hoy -as the whole lunch. Then a few kids have twee bento boxes (hey, good for those moms). The immigrant kids have delicious looking real food for lunch. Then you still have the dwindling PBJ/cheese stick/apple/one cookie crowd.

I do see on here frequent complaints about no nuts. We have lived in multiple states and never had a nut ban in our kids' schools, but we do not live in the DMV. That would be definitely be tough.

That totally went over your head, didn't it?

You'd think the teachers who complain about "junk" that the kids are eating would just tell the boys to knock it off instead of chastising me for sending a healthy food option, but no. Either way, if it's not your kid, don't worry about what they are eating.

It’s fine. When they lay their head on their desk and close their eyes after that carb and sugar laden “snack” and miss the whole lesson, I don’t worry about that either. Only the best for the next generation right?

1) you are talking to a parent who sent healthy food.
2) I'm not those kids' parent. Talk to them.

[Anonymous]

Yet you’re OK with the absolute garbage the school district serves them for lunch? Do you see the crap that they are being served? I’m also a teacher, so I get the sentiment. Garbage in, garbage out. But they’re also not my kids. And until school districts start universally providing fruit for snack, and offering actually healthy options for lunch -as they do in other countries- I am not going to judge other parents for their decisions.

[Anonymous]

Eh I don't care. I send kind of junky snacks. It's fine. I control 2 meals at home and those are healthy and balanced. So I don't care what happens at school. If they want Takis, I send Takis. Sorry that bothers you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ahhhh I remember that age. I used to pack a very healthy lunch for my kid (protein, rice, veg, no sugar). Then I got an email from the teacher telling me not to pack Brussels sprouts anymore because my son and some other boys were throwing them at each other's heads because they looked like little balls.

I generally think that unless you're paying for the food that someone else is eating, you have no business commenting on it.

There's a wide range of foods between cold brussels sprouts and oreos for snack. School lunch was the same in the 80s and 90s as it is now - nor did we have coolers or microwaves back then to use. But our parents sent us ants on a log, or apples cut up (yes they got a little brown - my mom put lemon on but that tasted weird too), orange slices, pretzel sticks, goldfish, maybe a homemade baked good on a good day. It is crazy when I join my kids at lunch. So many of the kids eat exclusively prepackaged junk - E.g. Capri Sun, Twix Yogurt, Cheetos, and Chips A Hoy -as the whole lunch. Then a few kids have twee bento boxes (hey, good for those moms). The immigrant kids have delicious looking real food for lunch. Then you still have the dwindling PBJ/cheese stick/apple/one cookie crowd.

I do see on here frequent complaints about no nuts. We have lived in multiple states and never had a nut ban in our kids' schools, but we do not live in the DMV. That would be definitely be tough.

That totally went over your head, didn't it?

You'd think the teachers who complain about "junk" that the kids are eating would just tell the boys to knock it off instead of chastising me for sending a healthy food option, but no. Either way, if it's not your kid, don't worry about what they are eating.

It’s fine. When they lay their head on their desk and close their eyes after that carb and sugar laden “snack” and miss the whole lesson, I don’t worry about that either. Only the best for the next generation right?

That child probably has issues beyond their doritos at snack time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can tell me what to feed my kid when all the kids are reading on grade level. Until then, shut your mouth and do your actual job rather than trying to do mine.

Oh the irony that these two things are correlated! Guess which kids are better readers!

My kid brings junk very day and she's a 99th percentile reader. So shut up. No one needs or wants your little lectures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yet you’re OK with the absolute garbage the school district serves them for lunch? Do you see the crap that they are being served? I’m also a teacher, so I get the sentiment. Garbage in, garbage out. But they’re also not my kids. And until school districts start universally providing fruit for snack, and offering actually healthy options for lunch -as they do in other countries- I am not going to judge other parents for their decisions.

Of course I’m not okay with it. I fail to see what that has to do with a healthy snack. Since lunch is garbage, snack may as well be too? What is the logic in that? Although I will add that the parents who pack healthy snacks rarely have their kids buy lunch either. It’s bizarre how many parents appear to have just thrown up their hands.

[Anonymous]

Well, schools give this crap out on a daily basis too. Go ahead and pack healthy stuff, but just know they are getting crap shoved at them daily from school. The free school breakfast is pretty much packaged sugared foods, teachers have “snack closets” with chips, packaged snacks, and candy they are constantly giving out as prizes or for this or that. My kid got a personal pizza and a milkshake for winning some trivia- literally sent in after the finished their lunch. WTH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I make many suggestions about snack both at the beginning of the year and throughout the year. Many parents oblige. These are third graders who can handle yogurt or whatever.

And it’s not even like a single cookie or handful of chocolate chips with an otherwise healthy snack. Kids will bring an entire sleeve of like 6-8 Oreos as their only snack. I just have a hard time believing an adult is standing there in the kitchen watching them do this.

Why not just say no food in class, no snacks. If kids are eating breakfast and lunch and done with school by 3, they can wait until they get home to eat a snack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do you propose that parents force their kids to eat healthier food while at school?

Parents can pack healthy snacks (I did for years) but if the kids don't eat them (which also happened for years), you are left with hungry kids. So parents pack food that they know their kids will eat, so the kids eat.

Don’t buy garbage and they can’t eat garbage. This is not rocket science.

There is a direct correlation between the students that are focused and engaged and the students bringing healthy snacks. Yes I am a teacher (OP.)

I brought candy every day for snack and I was focused and engaged enough that I ended up in a better job than teaching, so maybe stay in your place.

We don't know OP is a teacher. It could just be a parent who doesn't want their kid enticed by these goodies.