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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher and my admin doesn't allow snacks at all, even for the grades who have lunch very early or vey late. We are a high FARMS school, and many students do not have enough food at home to bring in a snack so it would be a case of the haves and have nots. There is also an allergy concern since it's difficult to completely regulate what kids bring from home. Students at my school speak over 20 languages, and some of them are very difficult to find translation for information that goes home to parents.

It would cost a lot of money for the school to provide the snack, so that's out. So they don't have snack and so far everyone has survived. Maybe it's not ideal in all situations, but it's reality.

I do think the snacking culture has gotten out of control. We had a sports practice on Friday evening and a few families had coolers full of snacks for their kids (siblings of players) to graze on. Then the players saw their siblings eating so they would walk away from practice to come have a snack too. It happened during the game as well, and the game was at 1pm, so right after lunchtime. Even if they had an early lunch before 12pm they still should be able to wait a few hours before eating again. This was stuff like granola bars and crackers. [b]These kids are being taught that they need to be eating constantly. [/b][/quote]

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I hate the term "snack constantly"! So sick of hearing it. Having a snack or two in a day around meals does not mean snacking constantly, it means eating every 3 hours. Last time I checked, stuffing yourself past the point of being full so that you can make it to the next meal without being lightheaded and ravenous wasn't good either. Want to get kids to ignore their stopping point? Tell them they can't eat for 5 hours. Then when they're older and more in control of their food choices they'll have the capacity to eat more volume since they had to stuff themselves earlier in life and they won't have the ability to put down their fork when they're perfectly full because they won't know anymore what that means. My kids are in elementary and there's no snack. They wake up early and I try to delay them eating breakfast as long as I can do they can make it to lunch. I am feeding them high protein/high fat meals (i.e. Not a pop tart or cereal) and they're fine but I still worry that all those extra portions they're taking on so they can focus on the class right before lunch properly will mean not that they'll "snack constantly" but they will overeat as adults.  There is nothing wrong with 1-2 snacks a day for active kids eating healthy foods! None![/quote]

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