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[quote=Anonymous]My kids get free breakfast and lunch at school. They aren’t hungry before we leave for school at 8 so they don’t want breakfast at home. By 8:45 when breakfast is offered at school, they are willing to eat. It’s not healthy and I wish they would eat a nutritious breakfast at home but they aren’t hungry at that time so what can I do.
I used to pack a lunch and they would see something for school lunch they wanted and eat that instead. My balanced lunch would come home uneaten. I would tell my kids that
was wasteful and if they wanted me to pack a lunch, they should eat it. So then they started eating both- whatever they wanted from free
School lunch, plus what I packed for them so they didn’t come home with wasted food. 2 lunches is not appropriate for my 95th percentile children.
So I gave up. I let go of my wish for them to eat our food.
If they want lunch from home, they pack it themselves- main item, fruit, veg, and one snacky item is the formula they stick to. When they pack their own lunch they seem to eat it and skip school lunch. 
I just make sure dinners and weekend meals are nutritious and fresh. 
It does bother me though that they eat 2 meals per day at school but I can’t force them to turn down the free food. 
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