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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.

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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.)[/quote]

[b]I found out one kid trades her fruit for Doritos. [/b]

After that I relaxed a bit about what we send for lunch and snack (still not Doritos) and are serving extra fruit and veggies at home.

The other kid - in lower elementary - will not eat at school if it isn’t appealing to him in that moment. We had a 7 year old not eating from 7:30am breakfast until getting home at 5:15. Disaster! You know what’s better than that? Something in a package that he will eat, and extra fruits and veggies at home. 
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If you keep sending fruits, your kids will eventually eat fruits.  Even if they exchange it for Doritos, they are not always going to get Doritos.   Besides, at least some kid is eating healthy, no?  
It is better to be hungry then to eat junk.  If they are hungry, the hunger will guide them towards eating healthier options. [/quote]

I mean that just isn’t true. My sixth grader doesn’t eat his fruit 90% of the time and never has. I still send it. But he doesn’t eat it. The waste drives me crazy but not crazy enough to give in and not send it. There’s always hope!

By contrast my third grader eats fruit and veg for lunch. Adores radish and cucumbers in her lunchbox. Eats raw kale with gusto. Different kids.

And yeah, it drives me nuts that the school gives out candy constantly. The camp we signed older kid up for emailed to say they have a program for kids to get takeout for lunch 3x a week. Unbelievable. We won’t be doing that and I can already anticipate the arguments. 
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