we normally give the kids leftovers from the night before with a fresh fruit and some yogurt.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers do this everywhere and it really pisses me off. They should of course teach a healthy way to eat

No, they shouldn't, unless they have a degree in nutrition and receive CE in developments in the field.

And I'd rather they spent their time on my kids' academic and social skills.

It's part of the state-mandated curriculum in Maryland.

Anonymous wrote:I don't send in anything. He goes out to the park and forages for grubs and berries. Very natural.

That's ridiculous, it's winter you have to supplement. I send in peanuts and a mortar and pestle, along with a hot stone, water and flour. My child makes her own lunch.

Anonymous wrote:Teachers do this everywhere and it really pisses me off. They should of course teach a healthy way to eat

No, they shouldn't, unless they have a degree in nutrition and receive CE in developments in the field.

And I'd rather they spent their time on my kids' academic and social skills.

^^^in fact, it reminds me of my neighbor saying that it's fine to eat McDonald's hamburgers, as long as you don't eat the bun, because the bun is the unhealthy part.

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Anonymous wrote:You guys think pbj is bad? I was chaperoning a field trip the other day and I watched a Kindergartener eat some rolled up lunch meat and a whole sleeve of chips a'hoy. That was his entire lunch.

At least he had some protein. Honestly, it could be worse.

I wouldn't have thought that protein as the current dietary fad would extend as far as somebody saying that lunch meat and a bunch of cookies isn't so bad because at least there's some protein. But obviously that was a failure of imagination.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys think pbj is bad? I was chaperoning a field trip the other day and I watched a Kindergartener eat some rolled up lunch meat and a whole sleeve of chips a'hoy. That was his entire lunch.

At least he had some protein. Honestly, it could be worse.

Actually, it couldn't. Processed lunch meat is tied to GI tract cancers. And a whole sleeve of cookies is like 20 cookies (or at least it was when I was a teenager; I'm sure there's been tons of product shrinkage and now it's probably like 6 cookies). So, chemical-laden processed meat and a bunch of cookies. That's terrible and way worse than OP's kid's lunch!

Okay, seriously now. Peanut butter is trailer trash and the aflatoxins and omega-6s cause imflammation and lunch meat causes cancer. This is absurd.

It's like all the Christmas light strands, that have warnings on them, that they may cause cancer in the state of California. Or all the fancy whole-food vitamins that are banned in California because there are detectable traces of lead particles from the blueberries and spinach in them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys think pbj is bad? I was chaperoning a field trip the other day and I watched a Kindergartener eat some rolled up lunch meat and a whole sleeve of chips a'hoy. That was his entire lunch.

At least he had some protein. Honestly, it could be worse.

Actually, it couldn't. Processed lunch meat is tied to GI tract cancers. And a whole sleeve of cookies is like 20 cookies (or at least it was when I was a teenager; I'm sure there's been tons of product shrinkage and now it's probably like 6 cookies). So, chemical-laden processed meat and a bunch of cookies. That's terrible and way worse than OP's kid's lunch!

Anonymous wrote:You guys think pbj is bad? I was chaperoning a field trip the other day and I watched a Kindergartener eat some rolled up lunch meat and a whole sleeve of chips a'hoy. That was his entire lunch.

At least he had some protein. Honestly, it could be worse.

I don't send in anything. He goes out to the park and forages for grubs and berries. Very natural.

You guys think pbj is bad? I was chaperoning a field trip the other day and I watched a Kindergartener eat some rolled up lunch meat and a whole sleeve of chips a'hoy. That was his entire lunch.

Anonymous wrote:I love this thread! These moms kill me. I have sent my kid to school with McDonald's sandwiches. Why does anyone care what another is eating?

+1
Cold pizza is my DC's lunch of choice and I'm just happy because I know it will be eaten.

Anonymous wrote:Teachers do this everywhere and it really pisses me off. They should of course teach a healthy way to eat, but stay the f away from my kids lunch box.

+1
My DS's 4th grade teacher dictated the kind of snack the kids were allowed to eat. It actually had to have a certain amount of protein in it, or she wouldn't allow it! Unbelievable. I'm all for healthy snacks, but I also don't mind treats occasionally either. It's my call, either way you slice it.

Anonymous wrote:LOL!

My mom "cooked" my lunch. I didn't like PBJ (love it now!) She fried bacon and I ate a cold bacon sandwich. It was my choice.

I used to bring pastina in chicken soup. Or sometimes I'd eat mortadella on Italian bread. From time to time, Mom threw in a Twinkie for dessert.

Sure, I had PB&J, but we'd switch it up. And if we had pasta the night before, it would be in my lunch the next day. Thankfully, there were three "homegrown" Italians in my class. So we understood our lunches.

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Baby carrots are processed.

Good grief. Why don't you just send some potted lettuce and a nutcracker with unshelled pecans?

Hell no! My snowflake is allergic to pecans!

I can't believe this thread. My son gets basically this lunch every single day (although he tends to get a yogurt in a pot instead of a tube, but it's not organic). I do send fresh fruit a few times a week and it always comes home. Sure, I could send him with fruit and veggies every day, but I want him to eat, so I send what he'll eat and get him to try new and different things at home.