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Anonymous wrote:What are the chances OP has an eating disorder and needs to control her child’s intake? I’m guessing very high. Give the child more snack and water.

Give the kid something more than vegetables. Let the poor kid have some freaking goldfish.

Some of us have standards. But go on with your UPFs.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, he needs to be able to drink water during the day and it's not possible to go to the water fountain every 10 minutes. The teacher is probably saying this because he is going too often.

See I don’t think he should have to drink water every 10 minutes. He gets water and mil in the working before school and at lunch, and at two snack times and during PE. I don’t agree with the people - kids and adults - sipping at a water bottle every hour of the day.

It would also be easier to do daily if I could throw a capped bottle or Kleen Kanteen in every morning. Teacher is insisting everyone bring multi part bottles which inevitable mold if you don’t wash daily or else wear out and develop leaks.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who does not have kids, this is fascinating to me. Growing up we didn't even have water bottles, let alone get a commandment to take them to school. And we had no snacks.

And walked a mile in the snow with no shoes to get there, lol...but y'all get my point.

As it gets hotter on the playgrounds the kids should have water bottles with them. There are articles about slides burning kids and schools needing air con that historically never needed it before. The world is just getting hotter and schools usually don’t have shade in the playground.
It turns out that “123 that’s enough for me” we had kids chant at the water fountain is not enough water for a kid during our hot summers.

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Anonymous wrote:For hundreds of years American kids drank from the water fountain or well and got by.

For thousands of years people got by without a phone in their pocket, but here we are. Times change.

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Anonymous wrote:What are the chances OP has an eating disorder and needs to control her child’s intake? I’m guessing very high. Give the child more snack and water.

Give the kid something more than vegetables. Let the poor kid have some freaking goldfish.

Anonymous wrote:As someone who does not have kids, this is fascinating to me. Growing up we didn't even have water bottles, let alone get a commandment to take them to school. And we had no snacks.

And walked a mile in the snow with no shoes to get there, lol...but y'all get my point.

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Anonymous wrote:[/b]He is likely going to the water fountain frequently and saying he is hungry. She finds that disruptive.[b] I doubt she is just looking at his food and deciding it is insufficient. And it is hot out. And will be for the rest of the year. It is a couple weeks. Just send a darn water bottle and more snack.

Agree you kid is becoming disruptive. Send a damn water bottle. I’d ignore the snack suggestion but definitely send water.

I am sending water but am feeling grumpy about it. I understand water for sports - which we do for every practice and game and it’s a lot - but kist don’t agree that little kids need to be guzzling water every 10 minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:DS came home saying his 1st grade teacher said he needs to pack more snack. A couple weeks later she told him he needs to pack water daily.

Background:
I’m a mostly SAHM. I cook a big breakfast for my kid, then take him to school with two snacks, a lunch, and a water bottle.

Lately the water bottle has been giving him trouble (spills, bottle damage, and Miss T also emailed to ask I don’t pack a non straw bottle bc of spills) so after buying 4 or 5 different kinds of bottles I finally told him a couple weeks ago he can just drink from the fountain and drink at lunch. He typically eats his whole lunch but for awhile it was coming back partially uneaten so I started sending healthier snacks instead of snack packs.

Snack is twice daily and it’s typically things like:
Homemade medium size muffin
Handful of grapes or two apricots
Carrot sticks
An apple
Mini roll of Ritz crackers

What do you think DCUM? Do you think a kid needs to pack water every single day even when it’s not hot out? And am I packing enough snack?

Holy sh it yes

OP isn't packing all of that all at once. I don't think pure fruit/veggie (grapes and apricots, carrot sticks, an apple) snacks stay with them. Can you add something with a bit of protein/fat? A cheese stick? Instead of Ritz crackers, cheese & crackers? A zbar with protein?

He doesn’t like packed cheese. I packed hummus and was told that’s not allowed. No yogurt or smoothie allowed. Sometimes I pack a granola bar. He usually gets a fruit/veg snack and then another one that’s more hearty like the muffin or bar. I figure he can eat the lighter snack in the morning and heartier in the afternoon.

OMG pull your child from the small zany religious private school you send him to and just let him go to a real school. Public school ftw.

Sure, religious bigot.

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Anonymous wrote:He is likely going to the water fountain frequently and saying he is hungry. She finds that disruptive. I doubt she is just looking at his food and deciding it is insufficient. And it is hot out. And will be for the rest of the year. It is a couple weeks. Just send a darn water bottle and more snack.

My dd's teacher used to take their snacks and tell them they weren't healthy so he was helping them out. Then the pig would sit in front of them and eat the food.

OP here. The teacher last year was strict and said he was bringing too much/too many, so I scaled back this year. Like he couldn’t take a few grape tomatoes AND a couple mini peppers, it had to be all one food to be one snack.