Your snowflake doesn't need a snack.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of teachers allow kids to bring healthy snacks. They don't stop to eat...they keep working. What's the big deal?

My middle schooler eats breakfast at 7:15 and doesn't have lunch until 1ish. That's a long time between meals for growing middle schoolers.

Kindergarteners at schools with late dismissal go a long time between their super early lunch and dismissal. Why not let them have a snack?

I went to private school (which is ridiculously better than public) and we were allowed to eat a mid-morning snack. In fact, k-2 received milk service during snack time. We started school earlier in the morning than public schools.

The big deal is that our children are being taught they can never be hungry and they must constantly be putting something in their mouth.

Except no. First of all, kids shouldn't have to be hungry at school. Second, one snack when there are 4+ hours between lunch and home is reasonable. More reasonable than not, actually, since kids aren't typically eating dinner at 4:30. Otherwise they have to wait even longer (6-7 hours between lunch and dinner) or eat a snack after school and spoil their appetite.

You honestly sound like you have an eating disorder if you don't allow snacks, and never snack yourself, I presume. Take your craziness elsewhere, you're teaching your kids terrible habits.

[Anonymous]

Kids may not need a snack to survive, but they may need it to concentrate or behave. It is pretty common in elementary school. I think op is making a bigger every deal about it that it needs to be.

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When my daughter was in K, her teacher had snack time - teacher provided and also accepted donations of snack items so every child had the same thing. Agree with PP who said kids don't need snack to survive, but it can help with concentration and behavior - especially the littler ones.

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Some people are acting like an in-class snack is an open buffet all day. One little bag of crackers is not going to make your kid fatter than he already is. However, if you supply something very low-calorie like carrot sticks, it may not provide enough energy and your child will still be hungry and distracted.

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You don't in fact need snacks to survive if you're getting 2-3 meals a day.

Wait. Do you think it's good for a growing child to eat only 2 meals per day? I get that a kid won't starve to death eating two meals per day, but do you think that that is healthy, or a good idea in general?

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Anonymous wrote:We didn't get any dam snacks when I was in school in the 60's. I am amazed i lived through that horrible experience for 13 years.

We got snacks in the 70s when I was in school. I used to bring a Ring Ding, which was really the best thing about going to school. I went to a basic public school in a shithole town in New York State (if I named the town, I can pretty much promise you'd say "that place is such a shithole!") so it was not a special snowflake school.
Boy, what I wouldn't do for a 1970's style ring ding, with the aluminum foil wrapped neatly around it. If I go to heaven, I hope they have those there.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids may not need a snack to survive, but they may need it to concentrate or behave. It is pretty common in elementary school. I think op is making a bigger every deal about it that it needs to be.

Way to teach your child that you should let your emotions and feelings drive eating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids may not need a snack to survive, but they may need it to concentrate or behave. It is pretty common in elementary school. I think op is making a bigger every deal about it that it needs to be.

Way to teach your child that you should let your emotions and feelings drive eating

Don't be obtuse. Little kids get cranky if they're hungry. Hell, so do adults. They aren't eating because they're behaving poorly. They're behaving poorly because they're hungry.

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Anonymous wrote:You're right! Kids (and adults!) these days are constantly snacking. I take a class from 12-3 pm and usually at least 2 x the professor has to stop and tell someone that there is no eating allowed in the lab. Ugh, people will survive without the extra snacking. I have a friend who does have diabetes and she has to keep her glucose steady, even she is able to discreetly have something to eat during work meetings unlike some people who pull out a thermos and a container of food in the middle of a 45 min presentation.

12-3 pm is lunchtime so I don't blame them for being hungry!

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Anonymous wrote:I am with Larla's mom on this one, OP, and think you are probably a bit of a twat. I mean, look at the use of the word "snowflake" in your subject line. Who talks about children that way?

Are you in North Arlington, by any chance? Sounds like it.

NP here. I live in North Arlington. My 8 year old takes a snack to her school, and they have a designated snack time.

[Anonymous]

+1 on the Ring Dings!

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Back in the previous century, my elementary school had a morning recess for all grades a long , long lunch (during which time many children walked home and ate and returned to school, and an additional afternoon recess through third grade. We went outside unless the weather was wretched and we were allowed snacks at all recesses.

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My kid eats lunch at 11:30am. She gets off the bus at 4:00am. I think it's ridiculous that no snack is allowed from lunch till 4:00pm. Snacks are not allowed at her school. I don't treat her like a snowflake. Infact we are really strict no nonsense parents. But even I think this is too much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of teachers allow kids to bring healthy snacks. They don't stop to eat...they keep working. What's the big deal?

My middle schooler eats breakfast at 7:15 and doesn't have lunch until 1ish. That's a long time between meals for growing middle schoolers.

Kindergarteners at schools with late dismissal go a long time between their super early lunch and dismissal. Why not let them have a snack?

I went to private school (which is ridiculously better than public) and we were allowed to eat a mid-morning snack. In fact, k-2 received milk service during snack time. We started school earlier in the morning than public schools.

The big deal is that our children are being taught they can never be hungry and they must constantly be putting something in their mouth.

Again, my kid eats breakfast at 7:15 and doesn't have lunch until 1ish. He's a growing tween boy. Six hours without a snack is too long.

And you sound like the crazy skinny bitches who strong-armed our elementary school principal into banning all treats at school. Everyone realizes those moms have good issues...and you clearly do as well. Your poor child.

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#IstandwithLarla'smom