This would make me really angry. Sorry if I am an outlier but my second kid barely ate...very thin and picky. Calories in is all I care about.

Also, I was anorexic as a teen. I don't believe anyone should be telling a kid what to eat and it what order. If it is in the lunch, it is fair game.

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Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

I wouldn’t be ok with it. And so I wouldn’t pack it. Amazing how easy that problem is to solve.

You would think that, right? But parents pack the sweets and then are upset when their kid eats only the sugar, and their argument is that the teacher should give them more time to eat, but the kids talk half the time then eat their cookies.

Yes, kids talk. Wow!

It’s preschool. They’re not missing out on major instructional time if they get 15 minutes more to eat.

The kids have enough time to eat. They don't eat, because they are distracted. Giving them more time isn't the solution.

There are so many posters who would have benefited from a coop preschool so they could see how kids are. Instead of opining from their computers at home.

You must have missed the memo that they are kids.

Anonymous wrote:I would send only cookies the next day.

Childish. Maybe OP should be the one going to preschool, if she wants to act like a 3 year old...

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Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

If that’s what the parent packs. If you want to start making lunch for them, go do it.

You don't have to deal with the aftermath of hungry and irritable kids. You just don't get it.


DCUMers really live in a bubble and are naive as to what the "real" world is like and the pure junk that most parents pack.

Actually…this whole long thread is about a parent who didn’t want her kid left hungry and upset. We do get it.

OP isn't a parent "who didn't want her kid left hungry and upset." What OP wants is for her DC to do whatever she wants, not what the teachers asks.

Good luck with that.

Yes, her kid can eat whatever the parent packs. Not what the teacher says.

Anonymous wrote:I would send only cookies the next day.

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Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

If that’s what the parent packs. If you want to start making lunch for them, go do it.

You don't have to deal with the aftermath of hungry and irritable kids. You just don't get it.


DCUMers really live in a bubble and are naive as to what the "real" world is like and the pure junk that most parents pack.

Actually…this whole long thread is about a parent who didn’t want her kid left hungry and upset. We do get it.

OP isn't a parent "who didn't want her kid left hungry and upset." What OP wants is for her DC to do whatever she wants, not what the teachers asks.

Good luck with that.

Nope there’s a huge difference between expecting teachers to stay in their lane and not interfere with a student’s lunch and letting a dc do whatever she wants. Of course when it comes to classroom instruction she should respect the teacher. But the teacher is not a nutritionist or an expert in childhood feeding and she should not interfere with the parents prerogative. Never thought I would have to give clear instructions that my child should be allowed to eat her food in whatever order she wants (seems like a no brained) but I guess that is necessary? (Hopefully not when we get to preschool.)

I would send only cookies the next day.

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Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

If that’s what the parent packs. If you want to start making lunch for them, go do it.

You don't have to deal with the aftermath of hungry and irritable kids. You just don't get it.


DCUMers really live in a bubble and are naive as to what the "real" world is like and the pure junk that most parents pack.

Actually…this whole long thread is about a parent who didn’t want her kid left hungry and upset. We do get it.

OP isn't a parent "who didn't want her kid left hungry and upset." What OP wants is for her DC to do whatever she wants, not what the teachers asks.

Good luck with that.

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Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

I wouldn’t be ok with it. And so I wouldn’t pack it. Amazing how easy that problem is to solve.

You would think that, right? But parents pack the sweets and then are upset when their kid eats only the sugar, and their argument is that the teacher should give them more time to eat, but the kids talk half the time then eat their cookies.

Yes, kids talk. Wow!

It’s preschool. They’re not missing out on major instructional time if they get 15 minutes more to eat.

The kids have enough time to eat. They don't eat, because they are distracted. Giving them more time isn't the solution.

There are so many posters who would have benefited from a coop preschool so they could see how kids are. Instead of opining from their computers at home.

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Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

If that’s what the parent packs. If you want to start making lunch for them, go do it.

You don't have to deal with the aftermath of hungry and irritable kids. You just don't get it.


DCUMers really live in a bubble and are naive as to what the "real" world is like and the pure junk that most parents pack.

Actually…this whole long thread is about a parent who didn’t want her kid left hungry and upset. We do get it.

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Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

If that’s what the parent packs. If you want to start making lunch for them, go do it.

You don't have to deal with the aftermath of hungry and irritable kids. You just don't get it.


DCUMers really live in a bubble and are naive as to what the "real" world is like and the pure junk that most parents pack.

Sounds to me like you out of touch with keeping children. They get hungry and irritable. Give them another time to eat.

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Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

If that’s what the parent packs. If you want to start making lunch for them, go do it.

You don't have to deal with the aftermath of hungry and irritable kids. You just don't get it.


DCUMers really live in a bubble and are naive as to what the "real" world is like and the pure junk that most parents pack.

If you don’t like the pure junk parents are packing, make lunch yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

If that’s what the parent packs. If you want to start making lunch for them, go do it.

You don't have to deal with the aftermath of hungry and irritable kids. You just don't get it.


DCUMers really live in a bubble and are naive as to what the "real" world is like and the pure junk that most parents pack.

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Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

I wouldn’t be ok with it. And so I wouldn’t pack it. Amazing how easy that problem is to solve.

You would think that, right? But parents pack the sweets and then are upset when their kid eats only the sugar, and their argument is that the teacher should give them more time to eat, but the kids talk half the time then eat their cookies.

Yes, kids talk. Wow!

It’s preschool. They’re not missing out on major instructional time if they get 15 minutes more to eat.

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Anonymous wrote:So you are all OK if the kid only eats his Lil`Debbie brownie and nothing else? Or fruit gummies and nothing else? Or the candy and nothing else? Everyone here should work as a pre school teacher for a week, it's eye opening what many parents pack for lunch and how little some kids eat.

I wouldn’t be ok with it. And so I wouldn’t pack it. Amazing how easy that problem is to solve.

You would think that, right? But parents pack the sweets and then are upset when their kid eats only the sugar, and their argument is that the teacher should give them more time to eat, but the kids talk half the time then eat their cookies.

The guidance “only send food you are ok with your child eating for lunch” is more inclusive, less work on the teacher, and maintains the correct division of responsibility. That there are some parents who pack fruit snacks isn’t solved by saying the kids have to eat those fruit snacks last— those are the same parents who are going to send marshmallow fluff and Nutella sandwiches.