Parents - your kids are bringing garbage snacks to school

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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.

I think the issue that child has is a teacher who is so busy blaming other people, she doesn't reflect on her own practice and implement techniques to engage her students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one believes those of you sending junk snacks and lunches are serving healthy and nutritious breakfasts and dinners. Please.

I do not care what you think you know about my child's overall nutrition. I dont give your opinion a single thought when making food for my kids. However, I will admit that I used to. When my ADHD kid was first medicated and would no longer eat during the day I stressed a lot about what people would think of me and my kid if I didnt send a perfectly ratioed bento box of nutrition. It took some therapy and a lot of time for me to be secure in my parenting needs and learn that the judgy moms were the actual problem in this scenario, not my kids special needs and not my attempts at being the parent he needs. Its a process to let go of the ignorant people that bring you down.

Or you can stay small minded and nosy and unhelpful.

[Anonymous]

My kids eat a healthy variety for 3 meals a day. I make home made lunch they actually eat including soups and hummus etc etc. They can have the granola bar with chocolate chips or chips or crackers for snack. The 4th grader doesn't even have snack time anymore so eats more at breakfast and lunch.

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Anonymous wrote:No one believes those of you sending junk snacks and lunches are serving healthy and nutritious breakfasts and dinners. Please.

I do not care what you think you know about my child's overall nutrition. I dont give your opinion a single thought when making food for my kids. However, I will admit that I used to. When my ADHD kid was first medicated and would no longer eat during the day I stressed a lot about what people would think of me and my kid if I didnt send a perfectly ratioed bento box of nutrition. It took some therapy and a lot of time for me to be secure in my parenting needs and learn that the judgy moms were the actual problem in this scenario, not my kids special needs and not my attempts at being the parent he needs. Its a process to let go of the ignorant people that bring you down.

Or you can stay small minded and nosy and unhelpful.

Of course your kid has special needs. Because of course he does!

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I think you can get around the refrigeration issues by freezing small packs of hummus, guac, and yogurt to thaw out by snack time. If that was a legit concern.

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We've struggled for years with getting our special needs kid to eat enough. We send the food she will eat because she needs calories.

You can judge that if you want. I've known too many teachers to give a damn what one thinks of me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^America's snack culture is making us fat.

I always think threads like this are hilarious. I grew up in a poor country where we'd anything we could and there was never enough food for snacks. People need less food than Americans think to use your brain and get things done.

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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.)

What do you consider healthy? What are you seeing kids bring in that is so much better?

I agree that the ones listed are not healthy, but processed crackers are not that healthy either, and that's what seemed to be encouraged in my kids' classes. Fresh foods were not encouraged because of the mess.

Veggies, fruits, plain yogurt or applesauce, good cheese, plain pretzels or popcorn, low sugar granola.

I have kids literally brining packages of Oreos and chips ahoy for their “snack.”

Are you their teacher?

I honestly rolled my eyes at teachers like you when my son was in ES. It's not your job to police what they eat, but if you feel THIS strongly about it, talk to their parents. We have nothing to do with those kids.

Yes, I am a teacher.

Yes, I am the food police.

Yes, I will judge you if you send your kid to school with sh*t to eat.

Yet you need to come on an anonymous parenting forum because no one at your school is listening. We. Don't. Care.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one believes those of you sending junk snacks and lunches are serving healthy and nutritious breakfasts and dinners. Please.

I do not care what you think you know about my child's overall nutrition. I dont give your opinion a single thought when making food for my kids. However, I will admit that I used to. When my ADHD kid was first medicated and would no longer eat during the day I stressed a lot about what people would think of me and my kid if I didnt send a perfectly ratioed bento box of nutrition. It took some therapy and a lot of time for me to be secure in my parenting needs and learn that the judgy moms were the actual problem in this scenario, not my kids special needs and not my attempts at being the parent he needs. Its a process to let go of the ignorant people that bring you down.

Or you can stay small minded and nosy and unhelpful.

Of course your kid has special needs. Because of course he does!

It's people like you who make me believe we should have extensive psychological tests before we allow you to procreate. We just don't need people like you raising more people like you.

DP BTW

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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.)

What do you consider healthy? What are you seeing kids bring in that is so much better?

I agree that the ones listed are not healthy, but processed crackers are not that healthy either, and that's what seemed to be encouraged in my kids' classes. Fresh foods were not encouraged because of the mess.

Veggies, fruits, plain yogurt or applesauce, good cheese, plain pretzels or popcorn, low sugar granola.

I have kids literally brining packages of Oreos and chips ahoy for their “snack.”

Are you their teacher?

I honestly rolled my eyes at teachers like you when my son was in ES. It's not your job to police what they eat, but if you feel THIS strongly about it, talk to their parents. We have nothing to do with those kids.

Yes, I am a teacher.

Yes, I am the food police.

Yes, I will judge you if you send your kid to school with sh*t to eat.

You think you're pretty special but you're not. I ignored my son's teachers when it came to stuff like this and would ignore you as well. What are you going to do about it? Not let my kid eat

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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.)

What do you consider healthy? What are you seeing kids bring in that is so much better?

I agree that the ones listed are not healthy, but processed crackers are not that healthy either, and that's what seemed to be encouraged in my kids' classes. Fresh foods were not encouraged because of the mess.

Veggies, fruits, plain yogurt or applesauce, good cheese, plain pretzels or popcorn, low sugar granola.

I have kids literally brining packages of Oreos and chips ahoy for their “snack.”

Are you their teacher?

I honestly rolled my eyes at teachers like you when my son was in ES. It's not your job to police what they eat, but if you feel THIS strongly about it, talk to their parents. We have nothing to do with those kids.

Yes, I am a teacher.

Yes, I am the food police.

Yes, I will judge you if you send your kid to school with sh*t to eat.

You think you're pretty special but you're not. I ignored my son's teachers when it came to stuff like this and would ignore you as well. What are you going to do about it? Not let my kid eat

We are going to do absolutely nothing. Hope that helps clear up any confusion!

[Anonymous]

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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.)

What do you consider healthy? What are you seeing kids bring in that is so much better?

I agree that the ones listed are not healthy, but processed crackers are not that healthy either, and that's what seemed to be encouraged in my kids' classes. Fresh foods were not encouraged because of the mess.

Veggies, fruits, plain yogurt or applesauce, good cheese, plain pretzels or popcorn, low sugar granola.

I have kids literally brining packages of Oreos and chips ahoy for their “snack.”

Are you their teacher?

I honestly rolled my eyes at teachers like you when my son was in ES. It's not your job to police what they eat, but if you feel THIS strongly about it, talk to their parents. We have nothing to do with those kids.

Yes, I am a teacher.

Yes, I am the food police.

Yes, I will judge you if you send your kid to school with sh*t to eat.

You think you're pretty special but you're not. I ignored my son's teachers when it came to stuff like this and would ignore you as well. What are you going to do about it? Not let my kid eat

We are going to do absolutely nothing. Hope that helps clear up any confusion!

Then stop wasting our time with this nonsense. No one cares what you think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.)

What do you consider healthy? What are you seeing kids bring in that is so much better?

I agree that the ones listed are not healthy, but processed crackers are not that healthy either, and that's what seemed to be encouraged in my kids' classes. Fresh foods were not encouraged because of the mess.

Veggies, fruits, plain yogurt or applesauce, good cheese, plain pretzels or popcorn, low sugar granola.

I have kids literally brining packages of Oreos and chips ahoy for their “snack.”

Are you their teacher?

I honestly rolled my eyes at teachers like you when my son was in ES. It's not your job to police what they eat, but if you feel THIS strongly about it, talk to their parents. We have nothing to do with those kids.

Yes, I am a teacher.

Yes, I am the food police.

Yes, I will judge you if you send your kid to school with sh*t to eat.

If you're really a teacher, then you already know kids like this have no future anyway. Please focus on those kids who will actually be worth something as adults. They will already be eating healthy.

[Anonymous]

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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.)

What do you consider healthy? What are you seeing kids bring in that is so much better?

I agree that the ones listed are not healthy, but processed crackers are not that healthy either, and that's what seemed to be encouraged in my kids' classes. Fresh foods were not encouraged because of the mess.

Veggies, fruits, plain yogurt or applesauce, good cheese, plain pretzels or popcorn, low sugar granola.

I have kids literally brining packages of Oreos and chips ahoy for their “snack.”

Are you their teacher?

I honestly rolled my eyes at teachers like you when my son was in ES. It's not your job to police what they eat, but if you feel THIS strongly about it, talk to their parents. We have nothing to do with those kids.

Yes, I am a teacher.

Yes, I am the food police.

Yes, I will judge you if you send your kid to school with sh*t to eat.

You think you're pretty special but you're not. I ignored my son's teachers when it came to stuff like this and would ignore you as well. What are you going to do about it? Not let my kid eat

We are going to do absolutely nothing. Hope that helps clear up any confusion!

Then stop wasting our time with this nonsense. No one cares what you think.

The lady doth protest too much.

[Anonymous]

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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.)

What do you consider healthy? What are you seeing kids bring in that is so much better?

I agree that the ones listed are not healthy, but processed crackers are not that healthy either, and that's what seemed to be encouraged in my kids' classes. Fresh foods were not encouraged because of the mess.

Veggies, fruits, plain yogurt or applesauce, good cheese, plain pretzels or popcorn, low sugar granola.

I have kids literally brining packages of Oreos and chips ahoy for their “snack.”

Are you their teacher?

I honestly rolled my eyes at teachers like you when my son was in ES. It's not your job to police what they eat, but if you feel THIS strongly about it, talk to their parents. We have nothing to do with those kids.

Yes, I am a teacher.

Yes, I am the food police.

Yes, I will judge you if you send your kid to school with sh*t to eat.

You think you're pretty special but you're not. I ignored my son's teachers when it came to stuff like this and would ignore you as well. What are you going to do about it? Not let my kid eat

We are going to do absolutely nothing. Hope that helps clear up any confusion!

Then stop wasting our time with this nonsense. No one cares what you think.

The lady doth protest too much.

Actually no. My kid has always had healthy food in school. I just get super annoyed with power hungry teacher twats to think they are way more important than they are.