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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend's school requires moms to be lunchroom monitors and lunch is brought in on a cart without choice. That is the only solution I see.  Since they have snack, I don't see the huge issue with lunch.  Just have them eat less lunch or brunch as someone suggested and more of a snack later.  It would be more of an issue if they didn't have a snack.[/quote]

I think you are missing the point.  If a child doesn't eat lunch b/c s/he is not hungry at 10:30, a 5 min. snack with only one item (as mandated by the teacher --- think a snackbag of goldfish) is NOT sufficient nutrition for the day.  That's what I think is likely to happen.  So from 7:45 a.m. until about 3:15 p.m. s/he will be subsisting on about half a carton of milk and a little snack bag.  I doubt that any of us would want to do that.  Of course, as adults we would tell ourselves to eat a full lunch at 10:30 b/c we would have the foresight to know that this is our one opportunity for lunch and we will be hungry later.  A six year old does not have that much foresight or logic when it comes to hunger/food.

It is very unlikely that my 38 lb. first grader is going to eat enough at 10:30 to support a full day of school activities.  And--- have you ever seen how S L O W L Y these kids eat?  They'd be lucky to finish 3 baby carrots in 5 min. during snack time.[/quote]

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