AIBU to ask to see your dcs REAL packed lunches

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Inspired by the other thread ....

Who is brave enough to take the challenge? Who dishes out crisps and penguins?

No judging just out of interest to see what the DC if mners really eat!

Obviously too late today for most, but tomorrow?

@AntiQuitty I did change my username just for this as I am truly shocked by what people feed their kids and how defensive they all r!

Shockedtomycore What the lunch boxes are showing me is that I'm not the only one trying to get a few calories into their child in the middle of the day.

My DC eat a good varied breakfast, healthy post school snack, veg laden evening meals. Lunch time at school is an issue. DS1 has all sorts of eating issues (he's Autistic and has special provision), DS2 just wants to be out playing football and DD has a school meal.

We're not seeing a childs entire diet we're seeing what a selection of children will eat when under a time constraint without an adult to remind them to eat.

and most lunchboxes here are showing serves of proteins, carbs,dairy fruits and vegetables along with a 'treat' which is described as such.

Dreadful really.

You do realise shocked that this is one meal.
For instance my dds 6 and 10 would have say an omelette or poached egg on toast for breakfast and a chicken curry and rice or home made breaded chicken or spaghetti bolognaiss for tea so really a ham sandwich and a flap jack for lunch is not a big deal is it ?

Mine wouldn't have flap jacks every day. Sometimes it will be a yogurt. Bit always a piece of fruit.

MrsK I get it. DS3 has had the same lunches all his life and god help you if you change them.

So it's baked beans on a non preschool day and marmite sandwiches with grapes on a preschool day.

He's tall, happy and healthy which is good enough for me. Hopefully one day he'll branch out and eat a little cheese, maybe? At the moment, anything other than the above is dismissed as "weeeeeird"

Love it ilike !

You should see our Harvest box. Everyone knows that the oldies just want booze and fags.

Shocked, just for balance, as you seem to be getting a drubbing here, would you like to post a sample day's diet for you and your children?

Insulting from age 4yo - 16yo my pack lunch was a marmite sandwich on white bread, a bag of crisps, a yogurt and a chocolate biscuit, an apple was normally put in and came back uneaten I survived and have never been over weight.

This thread has reassured me that my dds pack lunch is about the average, not too bad but some room for improvement

@ilikeyourhairyhands
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My daughter had pasta bolognese (which has carrots and celery) with 2 satsuma and a slice of cheddar cheese.

Yesterday she had rice with sautéed chicken and mushroom and peas. One orange, some blueberries.

The day before she has chicken in red sauce with broccoli and pasta and pears.*
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I don't want to come across as all high n mighty but that's the way I was brought up and how I was fed as a child so I can't not do the same for my kids. Just feel sad when I see the contents of some kids food at preschool. *

I would like to see your harvest box allthat. I always put at least a few packets of biscuits and some chocolate in the foodbank, alongside beans, tinned soup, instant noodles, tinned fruit, cereal and pasta in sauce type things.

There was a thread on here a few years ago when people were angsting about foodbank donations and only wanting to give dried pulses and tinned toms and the likes, because 'poor people should be eating lentil ragu because it's cheap and nutritious', essentially lecturing, rather than looking at people's situations and thinking pragmatically and kindly.

There's always some cunt that thinks they know best.

Great Shocked, well done you. I will not post my week's meals as they will put you to shame.

We had pizza and chicken wings tonight though, because Friday innit?

I think this is also a culture thing. So please do have a go at me but I come from a world where kids don't have so many toys or designer clothes but food is worshiped.

I totally understand it's not easy to cook fresh food every morning for your kids. However with a bit of prep, we can give our kids food that don't are not so packed with e -numbers and sugar and high salt content.

Ds 7 drives me slightly nuts as he changes his mind over what he'll actually eat, constantly. So sometimes it's difficult to get a good balance. Generally it is:

• Cucumber/hummus or ham or cheese/carrot wrap OR scotch egg w/oatcakes & carrot
• Low sugar oat biscuits or organix goodies bar
• bag of Nairns oaty snack things or small bag salted popcorn
• yoyo
• portion of fruit (usually grapes, melon or pomegranate seeds)

He rarely eats it all.

Worshiping food doesn't sound very healthy to me.

shocked is that what she takes in her packed lunch? Not all children will eat cold bolognese

Shocked Are those meals served cold in a lunch box?

@TheFirstMrsDV

Thermos flask works a treat! You should try it!

No thank you.
My children get their home cooked, hot meal every night.
They prefer a packed lunch at lunch time.

FYI that @ thing is REALLY annoying and totally unnecessary.
I can read your response to my post. I don't need to be alerted by email

shocked Most of the lunches on here and perfectly fine and balanced. I just want my active 7 year old to eat something and fuel his body, my active 7 year old just wants quick finger food he can much so he can get out into the playground and run around mental with his friends.... we've found a compromise that works for us both. He sits down to a most of the time home cooked hot meal at night, not too dissimilar to your DC lunches.

So bore off with your sanctimonious attempts to shame, You are getting one snapshot of one meal.

@Jellybean83
So bore off with your sanctimonious attempts to shame, You are getting one snapshot of one meal.

This is what I mean about being defensive. If you are happy and know u r doing the right thing by your kids, then no need to tell people to 'bore off'.

Mine are 5 and 7 and always have:

Cheese sandwich (5 year old with marmite as well, 7 year old with pickle or salad) made with two slices of wholemeal bread.

Carrots and cucumber.

Yoghurt pouch.

Pom bears or cheddars or cake of some description.

I send mine in with a munchy box each day

My twins are 8 and today they went to school with:
Toasted bagel with smoked salmon each
A juice
Cucumber/carrot sticks
Packet of hula hoops
Flapjack
Sometimes they will also have half an apple too.

Feels like I can't feed them enough at the moment!!

I liked the thermos idea but was concerned about giving the DC a piping hot thermos. How do you regulate that its a good temperature to eat without it sitting in the bacteria breading danger zone of warm? My eldest for whom I investigated this would burn himself on hot food if not cooled for him (autism).