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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids started doing it in 7th or 8th grade, but now that they are in late HS we've taken it over again. This is happening partly because they don't pack the healthiest lunches and we want them to have good nutrition during the day, but also because since returning to school in person after Covid, we value slow time with them more and it makes things more relaxed in the mornings. Soon they'll be off to college and I suspect we won't regret the time we spent giving them nutritious food or having fun talking with them or doing the Wordle together vs. them scrambling around packing their lunches each morning.[/quote]

Same in our family.  DCs at least "assembled" their lunches probably around 3rd grade with some help from me "making" the components, and then made their own lunches through middle school.  But since the pandemic, I've taken it back over and my 2 HS DCs are so grateful for the extra few minutes in the morning.  To me, it was important to make sure they could do it.  And from lots of experience, I'll note that me packing 2 lunches at once is far more efficient than cleaning up after 2 kids who make their own widely disparate lunches!  I think if I hated doing it, I wouldn't, but like PP, I value the few minutes of less stress in the morning as my HS DCs are blurry-eyed.  And sandwiches just aren't as good when made the night before.[/quote]

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