Help! What are you feeding your DL teenage boys for lunch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our teenage sons eats a LOT of pasta. Other typical lunches: pb+j sandwich, frozen pizza, chicken nuggets, mac n cheese, scrambled eggs, leftovers, quesadillas, and leftovers . I don't make any of that for him. I cook dinner for the family and make sure there are plenty of fruit/veggies to go with breakfast and lunch options but our boys ages 11-16 make their own meals and clean up after themselves.

THIS, except my teen DS refuses veggies and only eats blackberries. He must eat veggies with dinner, but otherwise the above are his basic daily choices. My DD eats dinner leftovers and loves to cook cheese blintzes.

[Anonymous]

Two teenagers, one boy one girl. Leftovers from dinner, pasta, or sandwiches. They are on their own for lunch, I made dinner!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't cook anything but dinner for kids who are teenagers, unless it's a special occasion. They can figure it out themselves.

For real. WTH, parents. You shouldn't be making lunch for a teenager.

So rude!
My kids are busting their butts dealing with all this craziness and I can’t be bothered to make lunch for the children I decide to have???? I get a lot of you are working and really need them to help, but you do not have to flame those of us who can do this to help our kids out right now. I am a SAHM with way less on my plate than others, so guess what- I make teens lunch, it’s my job. It also helps them eat as soon as lunch starts and have a few minutes for a real break. My kids do other chores around the house after their school day, so it’s not that I let them get away with not contributing.

It has nothing to do with whether you're a SAHM or not. You should be teaching your teens to be independent. Prepare them for life.

NP. I 100% agree with you, but at the same time I am watching my previously happy and engaged 17-year-old become increasingly depressed and despairing about his senior year up in flames and I am seeking to support him in any way I can, including by trying to make sure he is getting good healthy food, good solid sleep, and decent exercise every day, because it is important for mental health. So right now I am less interested in his preparation for life and more interested in what's happening today. I'm glad to hear other parents don't have to be concerned about this, but this is a reality for some of us.

Yeah, really. I have a teen with an eating disorder aggravated by anxiety. I don’t know why peoole have to be so mean. There are at least a half dozen good reasons why a parent might want to be at least somewhat involved in meal prep for a teen during these circumstances.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our teenage sons eats a LOT of pasta. Other typical lunches: pb+j sandwich, frozen pizza, chicken nuggets, mac n cheese, scrambled eggs, leftovers, quesadillas, and leftovers . I don't make any of that for him. I cook dinner for the family and make sure there are plenty of fruit/veggies to go with breakfast and lunch options but our boys ages 11-16 make their own meals and clean up after themselves.

THIS, except my teen DS refuses veggies and only eats blackberries. He must eat veggies with dinner, but otherwise the above are his basic daily choices. My DD eats dinner leftovers and loves to cook cheese blintzes.

When I went to Harris Teeter today, blackberries were only 99 cents!

[Anonymous]

--egg mcmuffins - english muffin, egg, cheese
--quesadillas
--homemade mac and cheese or Annie's sometimes
--pizza
--fruit smoothies
--grilled cheese
--pancakes
--omelettes
--fake meat stuff
--fruit and greek yogurt
--bananas

My 13-year old is a vegetarian and is pretty picky. I make his food because if I didn't, he would eat granola bars all day.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are in MoCo, school lunches are free for all kids 18 and under and we’re encouraged to pick them up. Lately there have been deli sandwiches, chicken, mac and cheese, fruit, veggies and dip, and tons of milk and juice. We get them a couple times a week and it definitely makes life easier.

+1

My neighbors are doing this. Pretty well-off people too. Listen - this is hard. Even the easy has become hard. Whatever keeps you sane, do that. MCPS is handing out pretty decent fare and if it allows you a small break ...then go for it.

I am a SAHM and I have teens and a spouse who is working remotely. I am able to swing home made meals for the family and do the grocery because I have the time for it and I am not also logging in to work or taking care of small kids.

Call your nearest school (does not matter how old your kids are or in which mcps school), let them know the student id of your kid and they will tell you to come and pick uo the food. I am frankly very touched and impressed with the food distribution that MCPS has done.

Isn’t this supposed to be for families who are experiencing financial hardship rather than to keep parents, especially affluent parents, “sane?” How freaking hard is it to make a lunch or let your kids do it for themselves if they are old enough and able?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't cook anything but dinner for kids who are teenagers, unless it's a special occasion. They can figure it out themselves.

For real. WTH, parents. You shouldn't be making lunch for a teenager.

So rude!
My kids are busting their butts dealing with all this craziness and I can’t be bothered to make lunch for the children I decide to have???? I get a lot of you are working and really need them to help, but you do not have to flame those of us who can do this to help our kids out right now. I am a SAHM with way less on my plate than others, so guess what- I make teens lunch, it’s my job. It also helps them eat as soon as lunch starts and have a few minutes for a real break. My kids do other chores around the house after their school day, so it’s not that I let them get away with not contributing.

It has nothing to do with whether you're a SAHM or not. You should be teaching your teens to be independent. Prepare them for life.

I have no concern there, thank you.

You should be if you're still making lunch for your teens. I work at a university. The ones who have the most difficulty adjusting are the ones like yours.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't cook anything but dinner for kids who are teenagers, unless it's a special occasion. They can figure it out themselves.

For real. WTH, parents. You shouldn't be making lunch for a teenager.

So rude!
My kids are busting their butts dealing with all this craziness and I can’t be bothered to make lunch for the children I decide to have???? I get a lot of you are working and really need them to help, but you do not have to flame those of us who can do this to help our kids out right now. I am a SAHM with way less on my plate than others, so guess what- I make teens lunch, it’s my job. It also helps them eat as soon as lunch starts and have a few minutes for a real break. My kids do other chores around the house after their school day, so it’s not that I let them get away with not contributing.

It has nothing to do with whether you're a SAHM or not. You should be teaching your teens to be independent. Prepare them for life.

NP. I 100% agree with you, but at the same time I am watching my previously happy and engaged 17-year-old become increasingly depressed and despairing about his senior year up in flames and I am seeking to support him in any way I can, including by trying to make sure he is getting good healthy food, good solid sleep, and decent exercise every day, because it is important for mental health. So right now I am less interested in his preparation for life and more interested in what's happening today. I'm glad to hear other parents don't have to be concerned about this, but this is a reality for some of us.

Thank you for sharing your perspective.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are in MoCo, school lunches are free for all kids 18 and under and we’re encouraged to pick them up. Lately there have been deli sandwiches, chicken, mac and cheese, fruit, veggies and dip, and tons of milk and juice. We get them a couple times a week and it definitely makes life easier.

+1

My neighbors are doing this. Pretty well-off people too. Listen - this is hard. Even the easy has become hard. Whatever keeps you sane, do that. MCPS is handing out pretty decent fare and if it allows you a small break ...then go for it.

I am a SAHM and I have teens and a spouse who is working remotely. I am able to swing home made meals for the family and do the grocery because I have the time for it and I am not also logging in to work or taking care of small kids.

Call your nearest school (does not matter how old your kids are or in which mcps school), let them know the student id of your kid and they will tell you to come and pick uo the food. I am frankly very touched and impressed with the food distribution that MCPS has done.

Isn’t this supposed to be for families who are experiencing financial hardship rather than to keep parents, especially affluent parents, “sane?” How freaking hard is it to make a lunch or let your kids do it for themselves if they are old enough and able?

No. The Feds are subsidizing this program through the end of the year. It’s applicable to all school districts, not just MoCo. It is not a low income program.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mac and cheese
Soup and crackers
Sloppy Joes
Gyro
Nachos
Quesadillas

This isn’t hard now. Come on.

Its been a long year. Alll we do is buy food and cook food. So miss the olden days when meals were regularly consumed in other places. Its so boring to always be thinking about what we are out of, what we need to get, what's for dinner blak blah blah (not OP).

Same here! And it is actually hard for those of us who have ADHD. I’m glad it’s easy for PP.

[Anonymous]

OP - next time, you may want to change the phrasing to something like “what do your teenage boys eat for lunch”. You will get actual answers - instead of people acting morally superior. Good luck!