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To think it’s a bit unreasonable that children have to have fruit for school snack.

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MyLittleLove1 · 03/11/2025 07:27

DD’s school have sent a reminder that parents must send their children to school with a fruit snack for morning break. They will not be allowed to have anything else. This is to encourage healthy eating. I do understand this, but my daughter has breakfast at 7 as she is starving when she wakes up, and feel that a piece of fruit isn’t really that substantial for a snack. She would normally have fruit and a snack like some malt loaf. I feel a little against this also because there is so much to having a healthy diet. Many foods are healthy and make a great, filling snack. Why are we being policed on this? Or am I BU?

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Sartre · 03/11/2025 07:32

Agreed, it excludes children with SEN who won’t touch fruit. My DS will eat things like bear yo-yos which are 100% fruit but because of sugar content people lose their minds. He wouldn’t touch a piece of fruit if it was a choice between that or starvation. He has autism.

Comedycook · 03/11/2025 07:32

It's probably the easiest thing for the school to do. Your malt loaf will be someone else's chocolate brownie or mars bar. Fruit is fruit...and it doesn't need to be refrigerated

curious79 · 03/11/2025 07:31

She doesn’t even need a snack - it’s good to let kids learn feelings of hunger

franky having a piece of fruit is fantastic and something I wish my kids’ schools had enforced

Tiredofwhataboutery · 03/11/2025 07:31

Little snack on the way in (flapjacks type thing) then a banana plus otter fruit for break. Bananas are really filling.

Jollyjoy · 03/11/2025 07:31

I wish our school would do this! I give my kids healthy options but some other parents give their kids a full pack of haribo so I get a loooot of moaning. I do get your point though - can she have more than one piece of fruit? Take a snack to eat on way to school so she’s a bit more satisfied in the morning?

Gazelda · 03/11/2025 07:30

It sounds as though your daughter has a good diet, instigated by home life.

but many children don’t have that. So by having an all fruit rule, it is a very small step in introducing good nutrition.

Why not send a small banana which is quite filling? And make sure her breakfast is good and filling, perhaps porridge. And then a good lunch which will keep her going.

HardyWeinbergEquation · 03/11/2025 07:28

Give her a snack to eat on the way to school?