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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

If you are not in the same boat, don't judge. I'm not PP, but my kid also has a serious sensory/eating disorder. Thank your lucky stars you don't have a kid with this and move on. 100% not necessary to tell a parent they are doing a bad job.

My kid was also a picky eater, when they were 1-3 years old. Then I dealt with it and they are eating normally.

Well, good for you 🙄 Most toddlers are picky and they grow out of it, regardless of what their parents do. Some kids -- like mine and PP's -- have kids with substantially more difficult eating rigidity that doesn't respond to "normal" parenting techniques. My kid is doing great and can find something to eat almost anywhere, but it took until she was 14 and a lot of professionally-guided help. Be glad you don't know what that's like.

We know what it is like. Stop exaggerating the problem.

If your child was only picky as a toddler, then, no, you don't.

My kid is still picky most days into middle school but I set expectations and consequences. When you give into tantrums and refusing to eat, you as a parent are the problem. Kids will always want a small subset of foods, but you need to help them expand.

You think all kids who are picky are alike. You are wrong.

Again, why do you think this is your business? Why do you care?

Give it a rest about the delicate flowers.

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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

If you are not in the same boat, don't judge. I'm not PP, but my kid also has a serious sensory/eating disorder. Thank your lucky stars you don't have a kid with this and move on. 100% not necessary to tell a parent they are doing a bad job.

My kid was also a picky eater, when they were 1-3 years old. Then I dealt with it and they are eating normally.

Well, good for you 🙄 Most toddlers are picky and they grow out of it, regardless of what their parents do. Some kids -- like mine and PP's -- have kids with substantially more difficult eating rigidity that doesn't respond to "normal" parenting techniques. My kid is doing great and can find something to eat almost anywhere, but it took until she was 14 and a lot of professionally-guided help. Be glad you don't know what that's like.

We know what it is like. Stop exaggerating the problem.

Obviously you don’t. Why do you care?

I don’t like kids being blamed when parents don’t parent.

So you think you care about other people’s kids more than they do? Really?

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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

If you are not in the same boat, don't judge. I'm not PP, but my kid also has a serious sensory/eating disorder. Thank your lucky stars you don't have a kid with this and move on. 100% not necessary to tell a parent they are doing a bad job.

My kid was also a picky eater, when they were 1-3 years old. Then I dealt with it and they are eating normally.

Well, good for you 🙄 Most toddlers are picky and they grow out of it, regardless of what their parents do. Some kids -- like mine and PP's -- have kids with substantially more difficult eating rigidity that doesn't respond to "normal" parenting techniques. My kid is doing great and can find something to eat almost anywhere, but it took until she was 14 and a lot of professionally-guided help. Be glad you don't know what that's like.

We know what it is like. Stop exaggerating the problem.

If your child was only picky as a toddler, then, no, you don't.

My kid is still picky most days into middle school but I set expectations and consequences. When you give into tantrums and refusing to eat, you as a parent are the problem. Kids will always want a small subset of foods, but you need to help them expand.

You think all kids who are picky are alike. You are wrong.

Again, why do you think this is your business? Why do you care?

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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

If you are not in the same boat, don't judge. I'm not PP, but my kid also has a serious sensory/eating disorder. Thank your lucky stars you don't have a kid with this and move on. 100% not necessary to tell a parent they are doing a bad job.

My kid was also a picky eater, when they were 1-3 years old. Then I dealt with it and they are eating normally.

Well, good for you 🙄 Most toddlers are picky and they grow out of it, regardless of what their parents do. Some kids -- like mine and PP's -- have kids with substantially more difficult eating rigidity that doesn't respond to "normal" parenting techniques. My kid is doing great and can find something to eat almost anywhere, but it took until she was 14 and a lot of professionally-guided help. Be glad you don't know what that's like.

We know what it is like. Stop exaggerating the problem.

If your child was only picky as a toddler, then, no, you don't.

My kid is still picky most days into middle school but I set expectations and consequences. When you give into tantrums and refusing to eat, you as a parent are the problem. Kids will always want a small subset of foods, but you need to help them expand.

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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

If you are not in the same boat, don't judge. I'm not PP, but my kid also has a serious sensory/eating disorder. Thank your lucky stars you don't have a kid with this and move on. 100% not necessary to tell a parent they are doing a bad job.

My kid was also a picky eater, when they were 1-3 years old. Then I dealt with it and they are eating normally.

Well, good for you 🙄 Most toddlers are picky and they grow out of it, regardless of what their parents do. Some kids -- like mine and PP's -- have kids with substantially more difficult eating rigidity that doesn't respond to "normal" parenting techniques. My kid is doing great and can find something to eat almost anywhere, but it took until she was 14 and a lot of professionally-guided help. Be glad you don't know what that's like.

We know what it is like. Stop exaggerating the problem.

If your child was only picky as a toddler, then, no, you don't.

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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

If you are not in the same boat, don't judge. I'm not PP, but my kid also has a serious sensory/eating disorder. Thank your lucky stars you don't have a kid with this and move on. 100% not necessary to tell a parent they are doing a bad job.

My kid was also a picky eater, when they were 1-3 years old. Then I dealt with it and they are eating normally.

Well, good for you 🙄 Most toddlers are picky and they grow out of it, regardless of what their parents do. Some kids -- like mine and PP's -- have kids with substantially more difficult eating rigidity that doesn't respond to "normal" parenting techniques. My kid is doing great and can find something to eat almost anywhere, but it took until she was 14 and a lot of professionally-guided help. Be glad you don't know what that's like.

We know what it is like. Stop exaggerating the problem.

Obviously you don’t. Why do you care?

I don’t like kids being blamed when parents don’t parent.

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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

If you are not in the same boat, don't judge. I'm not PP, but my kid also has a serious sensory/eating disorder. Thank your lucky stars you don't have a kid with this and move on. 100% not necessary to tell a parent they are doing a bad job.

My kid was also a picky eater, when they were 1-3 years old. Then I dealt with it and they are eating normally.

Well, good for you 🙄 Most toddlers are picky and they grow out of it, regardless of what their parents do. Some kids -- like mine and PP's -- have kids with substantially more difficult eating rigidity that doesn't respond to "normal" parenting techniques. My kid is doing great and can find something to eat almost anywhere, but it took until she was 14 and a lot of professionally-guided help. Be glad you don't know what that's like.

We know what it is like. Stop exaggerating the problem.

Obviously you don’t. Why do you care?

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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

If you are not in the same boat, don't judge. I'm not PP, but my kid also has a serious sensory/eating disorder. Thank your lucky stars you don't have a kid with this and move on. 100% not necessary to tell a parent they are doing a bad job.

My kid was also a picky eater, when they were 1-3 years old. Then I dealt with it and they are eating normally.

Well, good for you 🙄 Most toddlers are picky and they grow out of it, regardless of what their parents do. Some kids -- like mine and PP's -- have kids with substantially more difficult eating rigidity that doesn't respond to "normal" parenting techniques. My kid is doing great and can find something to eat almost anywhere, but it took until she was 14 and a lot of professionally-guided help. Be glad you don't know what that's like.

We know what it is like. Stop exaggerating the problem.

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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

If you are not in the same boat, don't judge. I'm not PP, but my kid also has a serious sensory/eating disorder. Thank your lucky stars you don't have a kid with this and move on. 100% not necessary to tell a parent they are doing a bad job.

My kid was also a picky eater, when they were 1-3 years old. Then I dealt with it and they are eating normally.

Well, good for you 🙄 Most toddlers are picky and they grow out of it, regardless of what their parents do. Some kids -- like mine and PP's -- have kids with substantially more difficult eating rigidity that doesn't respond to "normal" parenting techniques. My kid is doing great and can find something to eat almost anywhere, but it took until she was 14 and a lot of professionally-guided help. Be glad you don't know what that's like.

It was a lot to cope with, so we got onto this schedule for a year (or five):

After school I let them just play while I immediately made dinner. Kids ate at 4-5 pm, then straight into the tub. Jammied and refreshed by 5:30.

Homework (if any), chill out, then they played and had a (clean) snack at the table while adults ate reheated dinner and chatted.

Stories, then bed at 7:00.

Cramming everything into the 5:30-7:00 window meant cranky kids. And sometimes cranky mom. Start earlier.

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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

If you are not in the same boat, don't judge. I'm not PP, but my kid also has a serious sensory/eating disorder. Thank your lucky stars you don't have a kid with this and move on. 100% not necessary to tell a parent they are doing a bad job.

My kid was also a picky eater, when they were 1-3 years old. Then I dealt with it and they are eating normally.

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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

If you are not in the same boat, don't judge. I'm not PP, but my kid also has a serious sensory/eating disorder. Thank your lucky stars you don't have a kid with this and move on. 100% not necessary to tell a parent they are doing a bad job.

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Anonymous wrote: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

Even with an amazing cafeteria, you will find parents who pack lunches for their kids. It won’t make sense, and that is just how it is.

I have an extremely picky eater with food sensory issues, so DC (now in HS) always gets a packed lunch. If the cafeteria food works, great, the lunchbox goes in the fridge for tomorrow. If not, my kid has food they can eat and not go hungry. Sorry if that doesn’t make sense to you.

You are enabling this behavior. No, it doesn’t make sense if your school already has dozens of options every day. Please understand where the real problem is here. The parents.

Did your child go to preschool at all?

Anonymous wrote:Please don't imagine that your "rigorous private" will be difficult in the primary years. It's all going to be fine. No stress, OP.

Exactly