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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD just started first grade and has came home for the past few days saying that some snacks in her lunch bag weren't packed, for example fruit snacks and cookies. I'm 100% positive that I've packed them and I even have DH double check her bag before he leaves in the morning. Yesterday afternoon she came home again saying that her snacks were missing and all she had was her PB&J and crackers! I'm horrid! I talked to the principal this morning and she says, oh this has happened before, but I'll talk to her teacher. Has anyone else been in this situation before? What did you do?

fruit snacks, cookies, PB&J, and crackers?

This sounds like a terribly sugar filled unhealthy lunch. I am surprised the school hasn't confiscated your DD's lunch and sent a letter to you.

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/family-meals/slideshow/25-quick-and-easy-school-lunches-to-pack-for-your-kids/?slide=1

Oh good grief. Just wait until they are old enough to pack their own lunches if you really want to be horrified.

So you don't supervise what your kids pack?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD just started first grade and has came home for the past few days saying that some snacks in her lunch bag weren't packed, for example fruit snacks and cookies. I'm 100% positive that I've packed them and I even have DH double check her bag before he leaves in the morning. Yesterday afternoon she came home again saying that her snacks were missing and all she had was her PB&J and crackers! I'm horrid! I talked to the principal this morning and she says, oh this has happened before, but I'll talk to her teacher. Has anyone else been in this situation before? What did you do?

fruit snacks, cookies, PB&J, and crackers?

This sounds like a terribly sugar filled unhealthy lunch. I am surprised the school hasn't confiscated your DD's lunch and sent a letter to you.

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/family-meals/slideshow/25-quick-and-easy-school-lunches-to-pack-for-your-kids/?slide=1

Egg salad with RAISINS!?!?! WTF

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD just started first grade and has came home for the past few days saying that some snacks in her lunch bag weren't packed, for example fruit snacks and cookies. I'm 100% positive that I've packed them and I even have DH double check her bag before he leaves in the morning. Yesterday afternoon she came home again saying that her snacks were missing and all she had was her PB&J and crackers! I'm horrid! I talked to the principal this morning and she says, oh this has happened before, but I'll talk to her teacher. Has anyone else been in this situation before? What did you do?

fruit snacks, cookies, PB&J, and crackers?

This sounds like a terribly sugar filled unhealthy lunch. I am surprised the school hasn't confiscated your DD's lunch and sent a letter to you.

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/family-meals/slideshow/25-quick-and-easy-school-lunches-to-pack-for-your-kids/?slide=1

Thanks for the laugh PP. Bon Appetit's suggestions are hysterical! Shrimp rolls! homemade sushi! So easy and fast! How about I make my kid a turkey and cheese sandwich, throw in a pouch of unsweetened apple sauce, a banana and call it a day. Have fun with your prepping your kid's pesto shrimp skewers. Bet those smell great after sitting around in the lunch box for a couple of hours...

Here's a fabulous response to the Bon Appetit suggestions:

http://momswhohatepinterest.me/4267528-13093421

These are hilarious!!!!!

I thought the ham and cheese quesadillas looked good (even with the mustard), but the other comments were awesome.

And are we doomed to have that poster who's obsessed with how crappy peanut butter is on every post about lunches? 'Cause I get it, lady, you don't like peanut butter. Given that nuts are a recommended source of healthy fat and protein, I don't really know what your beef is, but whatever, can you just post once on a thread and then stop?

Anonymous wrote:I don't think anyone is implying the teacher took the items to eat them. Possibly took them out because they don't meet her/the school's idea of healthy.

I have never met or even heard of an elementary school teacher who went through the children's lunches and removed items. They don't have time for that and they are not permitted to do that. It doesn't happen. In addition, the school is required by law to feed any child who doesn't have enough food to eat, even if they are NOT enrolled the FARMS program. If there really was a policy to remove certain foods (and no public school has that policy), they would have to provide a school lunch to the child to replace what was removed.

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Anonymous wrote:There is a zero percent chance that a teacher is stealing from the child's lunch. They do not eat lunch with the kids and they have no idea who is eating from what food group, nor do they care.

For the record, my kids and their friends eat a very similar lunch to what OP packs. It is far more important that they are not hungry during the day and that won't happen if most of the lunch winds up in the trash can.

Not stealing. Complying with the school's regulations. Fruit snacks and cookies are not allowed in my DC's preschool lunch; they would be removed. No one cares (I think) about elementary and beyond.

Ahhh!

Preschool moms!

Got it. You are posting in the wrong place. Thanks for clearing thing up.

OP here. As far as I'm concerned, there isn't a policy on what can't be packed in lunches at her school. There are some good suggestions on how to resolve the issue. As for the food suggestions, some of them are ridiculous especially for a 6 year old! Sushi, come on! I don't ever bring sushi because of the possible smell.

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Take a sharpie and write your kids initials or name on the treat baggies. Then it should be a lot easier to ID the thief.

This. And write it in big bright letters, like a red sharpie.

Anonymous wrote:There is a zero percent chance that a teacher is stealing from the child's lunch. They do not eat lunch with the kids and they have no idea who is eating from what food group, nor do they care.

For the record, my kids and their friends eat a very similar lunch to what OP packs. It is far more important that they are not hungry during the day and that won't happen if most of the lunch winds up in the trash can.

Not stealing. Complying with the school's regulations. Fruit snacks and cookies are not allowed in my DC's preschool lunch; they would be removed. No one cares (I think) about elementary and beyond.

all I can say it does happen. I had a previous post on some other kid (and we found her) who loved drinking from my daughters bottles and eating her food! never got resolved. we just brought more to share. (we even gave her a water bottle but she decided to leave it in school on the last day) ... so strange as it might be.... it does happen.

I don't think anyone is implying the teacher took the items to eat them. Possibly took them out because they don't meet her/the school's idea of healthy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD just started first grade and has came home for the past few days saying that some snacks in her lunch bag weren't packed, for example fruit snacks and cookies. I'm 100% positive that I've packed them and I even have DH double check her bag before he leaves in the morning. Yesterday afternoon she came home again saying that her snacks were missing and all she had was her PB&J and crackers! I'm horrid! I talked to the principal this morning and she says, oh this has happened before, but I'll talk to her teacher. Has anyone else been in this situation before? What did you do?

fruit snacks, cookies, PB&J, and crackers?

This sounds like a terribly sugar filled unhealthy lunch. I am surprised the school hasn't confiscated your DD's lunch and sent a letter to you.

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/family-meals/slideshow/25-quick-and-easy-school-lunches-to-pack-for-your-kids/?slide=1

Oh good grief. Just wait until they are old enough to pack their own lunches if you really want to be horrified.

+1
I get a stomach ache just watching my 15 yr old eat.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD just started first grade and has came home for the past few days saying that some snacks in her lunch bag weren't packed, for example fruit snacks and cookies. I'm 100% positive that I've packed them and I even have DH double check her bag before he leaves in the morning. Yesterday afternoon she came home again saying that her snacks were missing and all she had was her PB&J and crackers! I'm horrid! I talked to the principal this morning and she says, oh this has happened before, but I'll talk to her teacher. Has anyone else been in this situation before? What did you do?

fruit snacks, cookies, PB&J, and crackers?

This sounds like a terribly sugar filled unhealthy lunch. I am surprised the school hasn't confiscated your DD's lunch and sent a letter to you.

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/family-meals/slideshow/25-quick-and-easy-school-lunches-to-pack-for-your-kids/?slide=1

Oh good grief. Just wait until they are old enough to pack their own lunches if you really want to be horrified.

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Anonymous wrote:Find the mom with the militant food obession and that will lead you to the thief

I am not surprised that the principal was not surprised. One of my kids has allergies and Oreos were one of the few sweet treats that were safe. Kids whose moms never bought those kinds of treats were always begging to trade for them or for him to give the Oreos to them. Several times a year kids wouldnjust take them, sometimes directly from him and sometimes stealing them from his lunchbox.

Do kids need sweets in their lunches? Never occurred to me to include sweets and my kids don't have allergies. Do people wonder why this country is so fat?

Sure.

We have healthy attitudes towards food instead of crazy control issues. We are all thin and don't fret about weight issues. Food is meant to be enjoyed. An oreo or two in a school lunch never killed anyone. Neither does a fruit chew. We pack all kinds of things for lunch. One day it is a veggie wrap, the next day might be a lunchable. Very few foods are forbidden (besides the allergens) and everything in moderation. This is the way I was raised and everyone in my family is thin and healthy. This is tue way I raise my children.

Because an oreo is not forbidden, my kids don't obssess about them and will sometimes want one or sometimeswant a carrot. They are sneaking treats, stealing from other kids' lunchboxes, hoarding food or begging their classmates to trade their kale for cookies.

Take a sharpie and write your kids initials or name on the treat baggies. Then it should be a lot easier to ID the thief.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DD just started first grade and has came home for the past few days saying that some snacks in her lunch bag weren't packed, for example fruit snacks and cookies. I'm 100% positive that I've packed them and I even have DH double check her bag before he leaves in the morning. Yesterday afternoon she came home again saying that her snacks were missing and all she had was her PB&J and crackers! I'm horrid! I talked to the principal this morning and she says, oh this has happened before, but I'll talk to her teacher. Has anyone else been in this situation before? What did you do?

fruit snacks, cookies, PB&J, and crackers?

This sounds like a terribly sugar filled unhealthy lunch. I am surprised the school hasn't confiscated your DD's lunch and sent a letter to you.

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/family-meals/slideshow/25-quick-and-easy-school-lunches-to-pack-for-your-kids/?slide=1

Thanks for the laugh PP. Bon Appetit's suggestions are hysterical! Shrimp rolls! homemade sushi! So easy and fast! How about I make my kid a turkey and cheese sandwich, throw in a pouch of unsweetened apple sauce, a banana and call it a day. Have fun with your prepping your kid's pesto shrimp skewers. Bet those smell great after sitting around in the lunch box for a couple of hours...

Here's a fabulous response to the Bon Appetit suggestions:

http://momswhohatepinterest.me/4267528-13093421

These are hilarious!!!!!