Do you make yours kids lunches?

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Anonymous wrote:I really wanted my kids to make their own lunches (K, 3rd and 5th) but whenever they do they just pack junk. No healthy food and hardly any real “main” meal. So I just stopped and now wake up earlier and make everybody food in the morning so it’s hot and ready to go.

I sort of like it - knowing I am providing them nutritious healthy food during the day even when I am not with them. But am afraid they will be losing some sort of responsibility that might stunt them later in life.

You have to do “something” for your kids other than giving births.

If OP’s kids made it to elementary school alive and not in foster care, presumably OP has already done many things for them other than giving birth. That’s a dumb argument.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is what would happen if my kids packed their own lunches. My high school son would say he doesn't need lunch and then be a hangry monster later in the day, which would be my problem. My daughter would pack random things, maybe. And unlike organic homemade mom, we sometimes have crap in our house. She's in middle school.

They'll figure it out in college. I plan to pack for them until they leave.

I only have two kids. So, I did have the energy to do more for them.

Sorry, no junk and crap food in our house. BUT, my kids were also not the school kids who would eat basic meals. They needed variety, taste and the homemade organic food needed to taste way better than commercial slop. If they wanted pizza and fried chicken, burrritos or sushi - I was making it at home. The taste is a million times better.

I think most kids will not figure out in the college how to eat healthfully and delicious meals. Cooking meals require a number of steps - planning, shopping, storing, prepping and cooking. If they are not raised with great tasting homemade meals - they will gravitate towards what they grew up eating. That is why there is an obesity problem.

Your kid is the one coming over to my house eating all my crap (not in moderation) and making me go out and buy more groceries. My kids have access to both healthy food and some crap food. They eat in moderation. Actually eat the healthy food not in moderation (a whole watermelon in one sitting?!?!) but the crap food is usually in moderation. And they are all healthy not obese kids - more boarding on too skinny.

Sorry, our home is the hangout hub for all kids - mainly because of space and good food. My kids won't even spit in your direction. As for your crap food - they understand that it is a result of lazy parenting. You do not win prizes if children with worse parents than you hang out at your home.

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Yes. Not raising losers like this one -

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Not raising losers like this one -

From the MAGA household? Agree.

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So when women say “I do everything” this is what she means? Debating whether to pack lunch for little kids?

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Anonymous wrote:We all pack together the night before. It can get a bit chaotic and there’s some negotiating on who gets what from the fridge but it’s generally a fun, family activity that leads to a line of lunch boxes in a garage fridge. I do try to meal plan during the week to have a selection of lunch-size leftovers and make sure there are enough fixings for salads.

Do whatever works best for your family, OP, and have no regrets.

What do you pack the night before that tastes good the next day without having to readjust or reheat in the morning?

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Our school provides meals. It’s been great. I started out packing lunch and then we opted to participate in the free lunch program. I’ll probably always make her lunch unless she decides she wants to. My brain keeps the kitchen cataloged and I know what’s fresh. It’s a small thing to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really wanted my kids to make their own lunches (K, 3rd and 5th) but whenever they do they just pack junk. No healthy food and hardly any real “main” meal. So I just stopped and now wake up earlier and make everybody food in the morning so it’s hot and ready to go.

I sort of like it - knowing I am providing them nutritious healthy food during the day even when I am not with them. But am afraid they will be losing some sort of responsibility that might stunt them later in life.

Keep making their lunches! I have no shame in telling you that my kids are in high school and it is one way that I show them that I love them. They’re responsible and good kids. They do the chores, mow the lawn, do their own laundry. Them not making their own lunch. Is it going to stunt them in the future. That’s reading a lot into lunches.

+1 My DCs made their own lunches in ES. I took over in MS because the wake up time is so early. My youngest is in MS now and I packed her lunch Friday, but she also made dinner. I don't think lunch is a barometer for being competent and independent.

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Anonymous wrote:Our school provides meals. It’s been great. I started out packing lunch and then we opted to participate in the free lunch program. I’ll probably always make her lunch unless she decides she wants to. My brain keeps the kitchen cataloged and I know what’s fresh. It’s a small thing to do.

Adding kid is 10. I do occasionally ask them to make their own lunch in the weekends. We still need to work on cooking. They can make sandwiches and reheat leftovers.