My daughter got snack from K-5 at her public elementary school and guess what- she’s not fat, not even close. 50th percentile for height and weight. Give your kids a snack.

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Anonymous wrote:These are the same people on the other thread that think having a kid ride in a car for a few hours without a potty/snack break is cruel. Is it a little long to go without a snack sure. But if you feed the kid a good breakfast after a while they will get used to it.
You could always try to get the lunch time moved up but I don't think its that bad.

But they should t have to get used to it. People can get used to anything, but that is not always good.

+1 exactly this

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand. I never had snack time in elementary school growing up. Why do kids need to eat so frequently these days?

+1 Based on how unhealthy many kids are today, it's not doing them any favors. I agree K-1 should be an exception though.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand. I never had snack time in elementary school growing up. Why do kids need to eat so frequently these days?

I’m 45 and we did have snack, at least through 3rd grade. So what does that prove? Whether people who are now adults had snack or didn’t sheds very little light on whether it’s a good idea for kids to have access to snack now. You know what I didn’t have? A car seat after I was 2 years old. But I think it’s a good idea for kids today to have those.

You sound like you have fat children.

No, she doesn’t. You sound like you need an attitude adjustment.

08:07 again.

I'm French, and I'd be the first to rail against eating at all hours. It's true the US has a problem with obesity, portion control and poor food choices.

But here it's legitimate to have a little snack to break up the morning.

A scheduled snack break is appropriate in this situation. Parents should petition, and involved Central Office.

I hope the Principal is letting children with documented needs eat something. The problem is that this leads to resentment in class if only one kid is allowed a snack, and some kids would go benefit from a little snack but who do not have a 504/IEP will exhibit poor behavior because their parents have not gone through the process of asking for accommodations.

It's called universal design.



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The trouble with Americans is we are all over fed - and over watered too. There is no evidence even for drinking 8 glasses a day - that's a marketing myth. It will be healthy for your child to learn to go without food for 5 hours.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand. I never had snack time in elementary school growing up. Why do kids need to eat so frequently these days?

I’m 45 and we did have snack, at least through 3rd grade. So what does that prove? Whether people who are now adults had snack or didn’t sheds very little light on whether it’s a good idea for kids to have access to snack now. You know what I didn’t have? A car seat after I was 2 years old. But I think it’s a good idea for kids today to have those.

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Anonymous wrote:These are the same people on the other thread that think having a kid ride in a car for a few hours without a potty/snack break is cruel. Is it a little long to go without a snack sure. But if you feed the kid a good breakfast after a while they will get used to it.
You could always try to get the lunch time moved up but I don't think its that bad.

But they should t have to get used to it. People can get used to anything, but that is not always good.

Actually, given how pudgy children are today, they should definitely get used to it.

OP, what is the school’s rationale for no snack?

I don’t understand. I never had snack time in elementary school growing up. Why do kids need to eat so frequently these days?

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Anonymous wrote:Omg. Feed the kids a good breakfast. They are not going to starve after 5 hours. 1:00
Is a perfectly acceptable lunchtime if they ate a breakfast at 7:30.

I hate to have to break out my dusty old Gen X childhood, but we were never allowed a snack time in elementary school. And, amazingly, none of us died from dehydration even though we were never allowed water bottles in school. We used water fountains in a pinch, or, if they were too gross, we survived and drank at home.

1:00 is fine for lunch.

Agree. We never even took water bottles. Just a water fountain sip if needed here and there. This shouldn’t be a big deal. Parents complain about everything now.

Because the way we did things in the past was ideal? I never understand these arguments.

Anonymous wrote:Omg. Feed the kids a good breakfast. They are not going to starve after 5 hours. 1:00
Is a perfectly acceptable lunchtime if they ate a breakfast at 7:30.

I hate to have to break out my dusty old Gen X childhood, but we were never allowed a snack time in elementary school. And, amazingly, none of us died from dehydration even though we were never allowed water bottles in school. We used water fountains in a pinch, or, if they were too gross, we survived and drank at home.

1:00 is fine for lunch.

Well, the kids likely had breakfast at 6:30 for an 8am start school. Busses come so early!

I work in a school with a high FARMs population. Food is a very big deal to many of my students. Don't assume they all have access to a full egg/bacon/whole grain toast/fruit breakfast to fuel them until 1pm.

Anonymous wrote:Omg. Feed the kids a good breakfast. They are not going to starve after 5 hours. 1:00
Is a perfectly acceptable lunchtime if they ate a breakfast at 7:30.

I hate to have to break out my dusty old Gen X childhood, but we were never allowed a snack time in elementary school. And, amazingly, none of us died from dehydration even though we were never allowed water bottles in school. We used water fountains in a pinch, or, if they were too gross, we survived and drank at home.

1:00 is fine for lunch.

Agree. We never even took water bottles. Just a water fountain sip if needed here and there. This shouldn’t be a big deal. Parents complain about everything now.