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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone. In private school do people usually pack their young kids lunches if the food is decent? The school we’re going to has a nice cafeteria with healthy food [/quote]

At both the privates with nice cafeterias that my kids attend, the food is included in the tuition.  My kids didn't go there for elementary, but my understanding is that the elementary students aren't allowed to bring their own lunch, that eating family style and learning about nutrition is part of the curriculum.

My kids went to a little Catholic K-8 where all they had was pizza once a week as a fundraiser. They wanted to buy the pizza every time, and of course they packed lunch on the other days.  One thing we did in Kindergarten was have my kids start helping pack lunch in the evening.  I think that also served as a learning opportunity to learn about nutrition.

I would ask and find out more about how the cafeteria works to help me decide.  [/quote]

Quoting myself because I answered before I read all the way through.

If your child has special needs around food, and I would consider food related special needs, whether that's diabetes, allergies, celiac, sensory based restrictive eating, and you're at a school where lunch is included, then I'd work with the school to make a plan.  That plan might include an exception to the rule about not bringing from home, or there might be another solution.

I was assuming that OP would have indicated food related special needs when asking the question, because any parent that has made it to 5 with a kid with feeding issues knows that the best advice comes from people with similar experiences.  [/quote]

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