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[quote=Anonymous]Some of this is age dependent.  A teenager may require vastly larger amounts of food than a preschooler, but they are also vastly more self-sufficient.  How old are your kids?

Generally speaking have snacks available that the kids can manage themselves and you may need to consider more filling snacks.

Even a very young child can manage getting themselves snacks as long as you’ve planned ahead to make them ready.  You can have a sippy cup of juice or water bottle ready for them.  They can manage raisin boxes, dry cereal, crackers, presliced cheese, etc., fairly easily, although you may need to provide some supervision to precent choking and minimize mess.

School-age children can probably handle anything that’s not hot, and they may even be able to handle toaster and limited use of the microwave.

As for the frequency of the requests, you may need to provide bigger and/or more significant snacks.  If snacks like fruit, crackers, cereal, popcorn, aren’t enough, add cheese, yogurt, peanut butter, etc.  If that’s not filling enough, try hard-boiled eggs, sandwiches, leftovers, etc.  You may need to think more in terms of a meal than a snack.

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