Breakfast at School

[Anonymous]

^ are a concern -sorry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, 14:46, but if you don't have an experience with a truly picky eater, then you just don't know what you are talking about.

No one makes a parenting decision to have a picky eater.

+10000
The same people who brag about not having picky eaters brag about early potty training. Neither of which should be something to brag about.

[Anonymous]

I got tired of paying $3/day for milk and a piece of fruit (the items from school lunch my child ate). Now I pack it -it's cheaper & gets eaten.

[Anonymous]

I have noticed that the fruit is usually either very difficult to eat (huge oranges that have to be peeled--why not have clementines? ) or not really edible (what's with all the unripe pears?). Never any chilled pre sliced apples, fresh strawberries, rarely grapes-at our school at least. Why not serve fruit almost all kids actually will eat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, 14:46, but if you don't have an experience with a truly picky eater, then you just don't know what you are talking about.

No one makes a parenting decision to have a picky eater.

+10000
The same people who brag about not having picky eaters brag about early potty training. Neither of which should be something to brag about.

More annoying that the parents of an only child who happens to be a good sleeper? Its a toss up, I have to think about this more.

[Anonymous]

My DH's parents did the whole "eat what we serve or go hungry" parenting and 3/4ths of his siblings are now obese with serious food issues. Not sure "my way or the highway" is really the best way to prevent food issues.

I thought the prevailing wisdom was to offer at least one nutritious food the child enjoys as a part of each meal. If a kid won't eat any of the school food, it seems really mean to make them starve all afternoon just to save you the time and effort of packing a lunch. Lazy parenting disguised as "principled" parenting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, 14:46, but if you don't have an experience with a truly picky eater, then you just don't know what you are talking about.

No one makes a parenting decision to have a picky eater.

+10000
The same people who brag about not having picky eaters brag about early potty training. Neither of which should be something to brag about.

More annoying that the parents of an only child who happens to be a good sleeper? Its a toss up, I have to think about this more.

right there with you...

[Anonymous]

regarding the comment about aren't parents concerned about the quality of food, how it is raised, etc, I think it is a balance.

If your family faces this: No food or the food from the cafeteria that is free? Pretty easy decision, don't you think. It may not be ideal, but it is a meal.

In the 8 years since my children started at DCPS, through lobbying of parents and pushing the school chancellor and dietician, the food has improved greatly (when my son was in pre K it was fruit loops and pink milk for breakfast, he used to beg me to get school breakfast) but it is not perfect and never will be with the budgets they have to work with and the red tape.

I don't qualify for free lunch, I can afford to and have time to make breakfast at home and to pack a lunch for my kids, so I choose to always do that. Not everyone is that fortunate.

[Anonymous]

"What happens at WOTP schools, do any kids eat breakfast at school only?"

At our school, maybe a handful eat breakfast, based on what I see when I do before care drop-off. I have no idea whether its offered for free to everyone, but I've never considered it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"What happens at WOTP schools, do any kids eat breakfast at school only?"

At our school, maybe a handful eat breakfast, based on what I see when I do before care drop-off. I have no idea whether its offered for free to everyone, but I've never considered it.

Why haven't you considered it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"What happens at WOTP schools, do any kids eat breakfast at school only?"

At our school, maybe a handful eat breakfast, based on what I see when I do before care drop-off. I have no idea whether its offered for free to everyone, but I've never considered it.

Why haven't you considered it?

Not pp, but I would never let my kids eat breakfast at school. Breakfast is a meal eaten at home in the morning, before you start your day. It is weird to get to school and then eat breakfast first thing. You go to school to learn, not eat.

[Anonymous]

Hmm. Well, my kids usually aren't hungry right away (on weekends they eat around 9 am). And they usually have just cereal at home which is not the most filling breakfast.

Dropoff starts at 8, which is convenient for my work schedule. When I drop them, they will be there for breakfast even if they don't eat it. I have seen the breakfast and although it varies it seems reasonable--muffins, boiled eggs, pancakes, cereal, juice.

Then they eat lunch quite early--11, 11:30. So if they didn't eat much breakfast that day, they're not hungry for long.

So for all these reasons, my kids eat the free school breakfast. They have eaten it pretty much since preschool and don't complain (same with school lunch). One is not picky and on the chubby side, the other (a picky eater) is quite thin, so I don't think it's had any influence either way on their weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"What happens at WOTP schools, do any kids eat breakfast at school only?"

At our school, maybe a handful eat breakfast, based on what I see when I do before care drop-off. I have no idea whether its offered for free to everyone, but I've never considered it.

Why haven't you considered it?

Not pp, but I would never let my kids eat breakfast at school. Breakfast is a meal eaten at home in the morning, before you start your day. It is weird to get to school and then eat breakfast first thing. You go to school to learn, not eat.

I can't decide if you're trolling, ignorant, or a jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"What happens at WOTP schools, do any kids eat breakfast at school only?"

At our school, maybe a handful eat breakfast, based on what I see when I do before care drop-off. I have no idea whether its offered for free to everyone, but I've never considered it.

Why haven't you considered it?

Not pp, but I would never let my kids eat breakfast at school. Breakfast is a meal eaten at home in the morning, before you start your day. It is weird to get to school and then eat breakfast first thing. You go to school to learn, not eat.

I can't decide if you're trolling, ignorant, or a jerk.

^^Probably all 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"What happens at WOTP schools, do any kids eat breakfast at school only?"

At our school, maybe a handful eat breakfast, based on what I see when I do before care drop-off. I have no idea whether its offered for free to everyone, but I've never considered it.

Why haven't you considered it?

Not pp, but I would never let my kids eat breakfast at school. Breakfast is a meal eaten at home in the morning, before you start your day. It is weird to get to school and then eat breakfast first thing. You go to school to learn, not eat.

I can't decide if you're trolling, ignorant, or a jerk.

Nope, dead serious. I think it is bizarre that people think it is normal to not feed their children a healthy breakfast at home before they start their day at school. Breakfast should be eaten at home.