Do you pack an ice pack in your child's lunch?
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Anonymous
| No. They are in an air conditioned school. My kids went to school in Florida for several years and even there, I never used ice packs. It doesn't really matter what the temperature is outside. Their lunches are in an air conditioned building. |
Anonymous
| Not for school but when my DS went to camp and the lunches were often kept in a bag outside, I would include an ice pack. |
Anonymous
| Yes, and certainly if I've packed a meat sandwich. |
Anonymous
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of course
how lazy are you that you can't do this? |
Anonymous
I don't pack an ice pack during the school year - their lunches are in a Yumbox, inside of an insulated bag, inside of their cool, dark locker. When they go to summer camp, and the lunch is outside, I pack an ice pack. |
Anonymous
yuck. would you want to eat a sandwich with cheese and lunch meat under those conditions? I would NOT. Put an effing ice pack in there. It takes 2 seconds. |
Anonymous
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Wait what? People do this?! Are these lunches sitting in the hot sun all day? Every school has air conditioning. The lunch is sitting in a 72 degree room for maybe 3 or 4 hours? This is not a thing that is a problem. Deli meat does not go bad that quickly.
The only way I'd do this is if the lunch was being stored out side. I never had a single ice pack in a lunch growing up. |
Anonymous
How stupid are you that you think this is actually necessary? |
Anonymous
Weird. I actually prefer room temp sandwiches. I pack them in my own lunch for work and do not put them in the fridge. No problems in about 10 years. The only thing I put in the fridge is yogurt, and that's not because it goes bad, I just prefer it cold. |
Anonymous
You know in Europe they keep mayo out all the time. |
Anonymous
| I never had an ice pack in my lunch growing up. I've never packed an ice pack for my son's lunch. I don't put anything in there that would require it. I don't really see how fruit sitting in his lunch box would go bad after three hours. |
Anonymous
| I have never considered this in my life. But OK ice-packers, you've won me over. Off to Amazon...is there a particular type you recommend for a child's lunch bag that doesn't have a ton of spare room? |
Anonymous
| Growing up in the 70s, we never had ice packs in our lunch-- and those were the days before insulated lunch boxes. Tuna salad or deli meat with mayo sandwiches packed in a cartoon-themes tin box (elementary school) or paper bag (middle school). Yum! This was standard practice. |
Anonymous
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My kid's lunch box has an ice pack built into the lid, so yes. I rinse it every night and into the freezer it goes. The ice pack is super thin.
This is what we have: https://www.amazon.com/Fit-Fresh-Removable-Containers-Insulated/dp/B00OLBR9AI/ref=sr_1_sc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1493216889&sr=8-3-spell&keywords=bento+box+ice+packlid |