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[quote=Anonymous]I posted above that a checklist worked for us.  But I thought about it some more and I wanted to come back and say that I think in an ideal world, kids need three kinds of experiences.  They need experiences where they feel cared for.  They need experiences where they care for or provide service to others.  And they need experiences where they care for themselves.

I think as long as, across the week or month then it doesn’t really matter which one school lunch is.  If you want to pack lunch 100%, as an act of love or because school mornings are hectic or because the only things your kid will eat are too complicated for little kids to prepare, that’s fine!

If you want them to provide service to the family by washing and cutting fruit for everyone’s lunch.  That’s fine!

If you want them to pack their own lunch that’s fine!

Just make sure it’s balanced.  Maybe you 3rd grader doesn’t help at all with lunch but they do service by taking out the family trash and feeding the dog and they are practicing independence by getting their clothes from the dryer folding them and putting them away.  You’re good.

I also think kids should be involved in some way with food prep.  So they develop skills.[/quote]

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