Anonymous wrote:This is not hard, folks. Examples of healthy snacks my kindergartener actually eats: String cheese; unsweetened applesauce pouches; go go squeeze fruit/veg pouches; Noka superfood smoothies; healthy lower-sugar granola type bars; hippeas; dried mangoes; apple slices.

You’re joking right? Except for the apple slices and string cheese, your snacks are highly processed, very high in sugar with low fiber, and/or very hard on teeth.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again. You see the parent reaction to the suggestion that snack should be healthy. Now imagine the uproar if I tried to tell parents no snack at all! Someone would definitely complain to admin and I’d be told I have to allow snack.

Why do you say “snack” in the singular? I don’t know any native English speaker who refers to “snack” like it is a mealtime.

Dp. Why does it matter?

It doesn’t. I’m just curious if this is a regional thing I’m not aware of.

No this is the usage in schools. It occurs at a designated time, like a meal: breakfast, snack, lunch. See also:airplane menus

Anonymous wrote:This is not hard, folks. Examples of healthy snacks my kindergartener actually eats: String cheese; unsweetened applesauce pouches; go go squeeze fruit/veg pouches; Noka superfood smoothies; healthy lower-sugar granola type bars; hippeas; dried mangoes; apple slices.

Those pouches are so wasteful.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not hard, folks. Examples of healthy snacks my kindergartener actually eats: String cheese; unsweetened applesauce pouches; go go squeeze fruit/veg pouches; Noka superfood smoothies; healthy lower-sugar granola type bars; hippeas; dried mangoes; apple slices.

Pouches are not healthy!!!

DP- why? My kids have cut fruit and veg at all 3 meals, but will take a pouch for a snack- unsweetened fruit sauce of some kind. Maybe chia pouch for a VERY occasional treat (less than once a month, bc they have added sugars- that's more like a dessert).

My one concern are the microplastics of the pouch- but not the contents of the pouch.

I don't see much difference in these two kinds of pouches honestly- they're generally very similar in terms of calories and some of the chia ones are lower in sugars than applesauce.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not hard, folks. Examples of healthy snacks my kindergartener actually eats: String cheese; unsweetened applesauce pouches; go go squeeze fruit/veg pouches; Noka superfood smoothies; healthy lower-sugar granola type bars; hippeas; dried mangoes; apple slices.

Pouches are not healthy!!!

Most granola bars aren't very healthy either, hippeas and dried fruit often have minimal nutritional value, string cheese is ok but highly processed.

Now I actually have sent all of these items as part of a snack or lunch. But I'm also not sitting around judging all the parents over their kids' school snacks, so that's the difference.

This- I find it bizarre that the sanctimonious parents are bragging about what they send.....when those snacks also offer minimal nutritional value.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not hard, folks. Examples of healthy snacks my kindergartener actually eats: String cheese; unsweetened applesauce pouches; go go squeeze fruit/veg pouches; Noka superfood smoothies; healthy lower-sugar granola type bars; hippeas; dried mangoes; apple slices.

Pouches are not healthy!!!

Most granola bars aren't very healthy either, hippeas and dried fruit often have minimal nutritional value, string cheese is ok but highly processed.

Now I actually have sent all of these items as part of a snack or lunch. But I'm also not sitting around judging all the parents over their kids' school snacks, so that's the difference.

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Anonymous wrote:This is not hard, folks. Examples of healthy snacks my kindergartener actually eats: String cheese; unsweetened applesauce pouches; go go squeeze fruit/veg pouches; Noka superfood smoothies; healthy lower-sugar granola type bars; hippeas; dried mangoes; apple slices.

Pouches are not healthy!!!

DP- why? My kids have cut fruit and veg at all 3 meals, but will take a pouch for a snack- unsweetened fruit sauce of some kind. Maybe chia pouch for a VERY occasional treat (less than once a month, bc they have added sugars- that's more like a dessert).

My one concern are the microplastics of the pouch- but not the contents of the pouch.

Anonymous wrote:I send my child to school everyday with a healthy and balanced lunch that is cooked 80% of the time. She does not need a snack as she gets one afterschool. I do send her with a little dessert for lunch every now and then ( Those flower cookies or mini- sponge cakes from Trader Joe’s or cinnamon twists that I made for her. I am a teacher too so I know what you mean. I have 4 kids in my 2nd grade class who come to school every morning with chips, candy and a Coke. I am dead serious. I do not say anything to them because it is not my place to shame them but when they asked if my kids drink Coke the answer is no as I don’t allow soda in my house along with cereal.

Yes, soda and breakfast cereal -- notoriously the same nutritional content.

This is why it's hard to take some of you seriously. I also think a lunch of chips, candy, and soda is a travesty and feel terrible for kids whose parents put so little effort into feeding them a healthy diet. My kid gets a balanced lunch every day involving protein, fruits/veggies, and whole grains. But she's also permitted to eat breakfast cereal and I often put a chocolate milk in her lunch because I worry she doesn't get enough calories and that's the easiest way to ensure she gets fat and protein during the school day when I'm not around to see what she's eating.

I also could see sending a bag of cookies for snack sometimes, as a treat, if her school did snack, which they don't. I don't feel the occasional bag of "junk" will derail an otherwise balanced diet.

Some of you have no idea how ridiculous you sound. You also seem convinced that shaming and condescending will help the kids being fed chips and soda every day when of course it will have the opposite effect. Your sense of superiority is more important to you that actually improving anything for these kids.

Anonymous wrote:This is not hard, folks. Examples of healthy snacks my kindergartener actually eats: String cheese; unsweetened applesauce pouches; go go squeeze fruit/veg pouches; Noka superfood smoothies; healthy lower-sugar granola type bars; hippeas; dried mangoes; apple slices.

Pouches are not healthy!!!

I send my child to school everyday with a healthy and balanced lunch that is cooked 80% of the time. She does not need a snack as she gets one afterschool. I do send her with a little dessert for lunch every now and then ( Those flower cookies or mini- sponge cakes from Trader Joe’s or cinnamon twists that I made for her. I am a teacher too so I know what you mean. I have 4 kids in my 2nd grade class who come to school every morning with chips, candy and a Coke. I am dead serious. I do not say anything to them because it is not my place to shame them but when they asked if my kids drink Coke the answer is no as I don’t allow soda in my house along with cereal.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again. You see the parent reaction to the suggestion that snack should be healthy. Now imagine the uproar if I tried to tell parents no snack at all! Someone would definitely complain to admin and I’d be told I have to allow snack.

Why do you say “snack” in the singular? I don’t know any native English speaker who refers to “snack” like it is a mealtime.

Dp. Why does it matter?

It doesn’t. I’m just curious if this is a regional thing I’m not aware of.

That’s how we refer to the time. As in, students ask, “What time is snack?” and the reply is “snack is at 10:30.”

Why would it be plural?

Anonymous wrote:This is not hard, folks. Examples of healthy snacks my kindergartener actually eats: String cheese; unsweetened applesauce pouches; go go squeeze fruit/veg pouches; Noka superfood smoothies; healthy lower-sugar granola type bars; hippeas; dried mangoes; apple slices.

Awww, sanctimommy of a 5 year old has it all figured out. How precious

This is not hard, folks. Examples of healthy snacks my kindergartener actually eats: String cheese; unsweetened applesauce pouches; go go squeeze fruit/veg pouches; Noka superfood smoothies; healthy lower-sugar granola type bars; hippeas; dried mangoes; apple slices.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again. You see the parent reaction to the suggestion that snack should be healthy. Now imagine the uproar if I tried to tell parents no snack at all! Someone would definitely complain to admin and I’d be told I have to allow snack.

Why do you say “snack” in the singular? I don’t know any native English speaker who refers to “snack” like it is a mealtime.

Dp. Why does it matter?

It doesn’t. I’m just curious if this is a regional thing I’m not aware of.

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Anonymous wrote:OP again. You see the parent reaction to the suggestion that snack should be healthy. Now imagine the uproar if I tried to tell parents no snack at all! Someone would definitely complain to admin and I’d be told I have to allow snack.

Why do you say “snack” in the singular? I don’t know any native English speaker who refers to “snack” like it is a mealtime.

Dp. Why does it matter?