5 hours of school without lunch

[Anonymous]

My 1st grader has a 1:00 lunch in MoCo public school and they have a snack around 11.

[Anonymous]

Oh awesome. The disordered eaters from the diet and exercise forum have made their way to the elementary school forum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh awesome. The disordered eaters from the diet and exercise forum have made their way to the elementary school forum

Yes, the disordered snacking all day snowball's parents have definitely made their way here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh awesome. The disordered eaters from the diet and exercise forum have made their way to the elementary school forum

God forbid anyone mention food, ever.

[Anonymous]

I’m all for snacks but this doesn’t sound unreasonable. I’d tell my kid to sneak a bar into the bathroom or on the playground if they really couldn’t go until lunch and the teacher wouldn’t allow it. Judge away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Omg. Feed the kids a good breakfast. They are not going to starve after 5 hours. 1:00
Is a perfectly acceptable lunchtime if they ate a breakfast at 7:30.

I hate to have to break out my dusty old Gen X childhood, but we were never allowed a snack time in elementary school. And, amazingly, none of us died from dehydration even though we were never allowed water bottles in school. We used water fountains in a pinch, or, if they were too gross, we survived and drank at home.

1:00 is fine for lunch.

I agree with the food, but it's a big fat no on the water situation. 6 hours during the day without water is terrible for kids with tiny tummies.

Where did OP say they were denied water? Though I have to say I went to school and camp without any water bottles...

I'm going to assume this was back in the day when water fountains were pretty much everywhere and people were actually allowed to use them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m all for snacks but this doesn’t sound unreasonable. I’d tell my kid to sneak a bar into the bathroom or on the playground if they really couldn’t go until lunch and the teacher wouldn’t allow it. Judge away.

So if it is so reasonable why would iPod daughter need to sneak a snack?

[Anonymous]

This is 5th grade at a public school in Alexandria. I'm pretty sure it's typical of most elementaries in the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Omg. Feed the kids a good breakfast. They are not going to starve after 5 hours. 1:00
Is a perfectly acceptable lunchtime if they ate a breakfast at 7:30.

I hate to have to break out my dusty old Gen X childhood, but we were never allowed a snack time in elementary school. And, amazingly, none of us died from dehydration even though we were never allowed water bottles in school. We used water fountains in a pinch, or, if they were too gross, we survived and drank at home.

1:00 is fine for lunch.

I agree with the food, but it's a big fat no on the water situation. 6 hours during the day without water is terrible for kids with tiny tummies.

I grew up in the 80's and never drank water at school and we all survived.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg. Feed the kids a good breakfast. They are not going to starve after 5 hours. 1:00
Is a perfectly acceptable lunchtime if they ate a breakfast at 7:30.

I hate to have to break out my dusty old Gen X childhood, but we were never allowed a snack time in elementary school. And, amazingly, none of us died from dehydration even though we were never allowed water bottles in school. We used water fountains in a pinch, or, if they were too gross, we survived and drank at home.

1:00 is fine for lunch.

Please.

I’m 45 years old and a 3rd grade teacher and distinctly remember snack. Graham crackers to be exact.

When kids have growing minds and bodies they need nourishment and not low blood sugar. My students would be off the charts irritable if we didn’t allow snack. I of course prefer something substantial with protein to hold them over.

Unfortunately due to crowding some of the lunch times are outrageous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand. I never had snack time in elementary school growing up. Why do kids need to eat so frequently these days?

+1 Based on how unhealthy many kids are today, it's not doing them any favors. I agree K-1 should be an exception though.

To be honest, neither is school feeding them. Now schools give out (sugared and processed) breakfast AND lunch, yet kids are more overweight than ever before. Kids need less food, not more

Americans (and kids as a result) don’t need less food. They need better food. I’m Italian and lived there for 27 years and go back a few times a year. When I’m in Italy I eat more food than in the US. I eat pasta, pizza, a crazy amount of meat, loads of cheese and bread, drink a lot of wine. Life revolves around food. Food is everything and it’s non stop. However it’s almost all local, and almost all made from scratch. I eat much less in the US because food here is very boring and utilitarian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Omg. Feed the kids a good breakfast. They are not going to starve after 5 hours. 1:00
Is a perfectly acceptable lunchtime if they ate a breakfast at 7:30.

I hate to have to break out my dusty old Gen X childhood, but we were never allowed a snack time in elementary school. And, amazingly, none of us died from dehydration even though we were never allowed water bottles in school. We used water fountains in a pinch, or, if they were too gross, we survived and drank at home.

1:00 is fine for lunch.

I agree with the food, but it's a big fat no on the water situation. 6 hours during the day without water is terrible for kids with tiny tummies.

Have you seen 5th graders? We aren’t talking about “tiny tummies.”