Questions for those of you with school age children?

[EasterSparklerEgg]

Feeling nosey and trying to work out some sort of routine now I'm back at work. Would love to know:-

1 - Do you give your children a snack when they get home from school or do you cook tea straight away?

2 - What time (roughly) do your kids have their evening meal?

3 - Do you and your DP/DH eat with children or later?

4 - Do you all eat the same meal or do you make seperate dishes for children and adults?

5 - Do your children have "supper" (ie milk and biscuit) before they get into bed?

Thanks.

well ds is only at preschool in the mornings but dd is at school
she has a snack after school
we all eat together at around 6 or 6:30
we all eat the same meal
ds goes to bed at 7:30-8 ,no supper,but has dessert after supper.
dd has a snack later in the evening but she's 15 and goes to bed later

Hi, as I'm a cm, my routine is probably different anyway. All my mindees are fed at home, so thats after 5.30pm. Therefor my poor dd, doesn't get fed til 6ish. I don't think its really fair to have her eating in front of the other kids and equally unfair on her to have an audience! Anyway, when the kids come in, they are allowed one chocolate bar (penguin or kitkat) and after that if they want anything it comes out of the fruit bowl. We all eat the same food and have always tried to eat together, but dh's job means he is not always around. And no, dd doesn't have anything before bed, but that probably because she doesn't eat til 6! So no help there at all really!!

dd1 is at school, dd2 isn't.

1. yes they both usually have a snack when we get home with dd1
2. usually around 6pm
3. if dh is at work I eat with the dd's. If dh is home we usually eat together later on.
4. If I'm eating with the girls we usually have the same thing. If I'm eating later with dh we usually have something different.
5. Dd2 sometimes has a glass of milk before bed, dd1 doesn't usually have anything, having dinner at 6pm means that they aren't really that hungry before bed. dd2 goes to bed around 7.30pm, dd1 goes to bed around 8.30pm.

1. sometimes
2. earliest 5 latest 7
3. fri, sat sun yes; rest of the week no
4. as 3
5. sometimes but rarely on fri, sat, sun - as tea is later then

1 - Do you give your children a snack when they get home from school or do you cook tea straight away? They normally have some fruit, or finish off whatever's in the packed lunches if they haven't finished them

2 - What time (roughly) do your kids have their evening meal? About 6.45pm, when DH gets home

3 - Do you and your DP/DH eat with children or later? With

4 - Do you all eat the same meal or do you make seperate dishes for children and adults? All eat the same thing, except when it's something someone else doesn't like - so if we have chops, children have something else. Pasta, DS has it with out sauce. Fish DS1 has sausages or something, but no real adults dish/childrens dish, no.

5 - Do your children have "supper" (ie milk and biscuit) before they get into bed? No, not that much of a gap between dinner and bed tbh.

I've been on MN too long today. I read your question as 'Do you give your children a smack when they get home from school'..

Try and give a snack on the way home from school as they are quite young and this seems to avoid 'meltdown' on way home.
Try to eat same meal but some times adapt theirs so they get chips or fishfingers while we have similar whilst try to avoid middle age spread!Believe in letting kids have 'junk' food in moderation as it's the only time in life you can!!(they are very slim).
Always try to eat together-V.important part of family life imo (we have moved home to facilitate this before).

We eat between 5 and 6pm
They have warm milk at bed time (and a cuddle!)and still look forward to it.

1 - Do you give your children a snack when they get home from school or do you cook tea straight away? Yes - they are usually starving and also want milk.

2 - What time (roughly) do your kids have their evening meal? by 5.30 most nights

3 - Do you and your DP/DH eat with children or later? depends on whether he is home on time - not usually but do at weekends

4 - Do you all eat the same meal or do you make seperate dishes for children and adults? depends on above! Also they don't like all the food we have despite bribing them!

5 - Do your children have "supper" (ie milk and biscuit) before they get into bed? Just milk - but sometimes if allowed to stay up a bit will let them have crackers or fruit.

Do you give your children a snack when they get home from school or do you cook tea straight away?

snack - tea at 5 or 6.

2 - What time (roughly) do your kids have their evening meal?
as above
3 - Do you and your DP/DH eat with children or later?
with kids - always important and essential part of famiyl life
4 - Do you all eat the same meal or do you make seperate dishes for children and adults?
all the same we dont fucka bout if you dont like it tough shit

5 - Do your children have "supper" (ie milk and biscuit) before they get into bed?

do they fuck what am i a guest house?

1. yes, cup of milk and a piece of fruit or cake/cookie...kids starving by 3.30

1. 5.30 at latest, usually 5

1. I usually eat with the kids, dh later, unless weekend when we all sit down together.

1. Same meal...eat what's made or nothing til bedtime supper

1. Yes, milk n biscuit or toast before bed. Sometimes just milk

dd gets a snack when she gets out of school-usually a drink of juice and fruit or biscuit
we all eat together at about 6.45 and all eat the same.
she doesn't get a bed time snack- no need as we have eaten lateish.

what it would be like to only cook one meal for all .my two starving when they get home from school ,so they have tea about 4.30 .then i cook again for dh and me but by the time we eat round 6.30 /7 pm the two monsters are hungry again ! then we eat fast so they dont get to bed to late ! I hate the evenings sometines , any sugestions to make the night go better smile

dd is nearly 6 (ds only just 3)

1 - Do you give your children a snack when they get home from school or do you cook tea straight away? SNACK

2 - What time (roughly) do your kids have their evening meal? 5.30ish

3 - Do you and your DP/DH eat with children or later? LATER (dh still at work at 5.30)

4 - Do you all eat the same meal or do you make seperate dishes for children and adults? SOMETIMES

5 - Do your children have "supper" (ie milk and biscuit) before they get into bed? YES (NO BISCUITS!)

1. Children have a drink and either a biscuit, piece of fruit or a few nuts. Some nights they have school clubs so don't get any snack.

1. We eat at 5 p.m.

1. All eat together except for the rare occasion my husband is late home - his is kept warm for him then.

1. All have same meal. Always have done.

1. They have drink and either fresh fruit or dried fruit/nuts. Occasionally a sandwich or bread and butter. Saturday is treat night and we share a bar of chocolate.

evon with a snack fter school im sure they wont wait till 6.30 when we eat and dh wont eat any earlier : )

1 - Do you give your children a snack when they get home from school or do you cook tea straight away?

If no friend round - snack when she gets in such as small sandwich, rice car, ceareal bar, fruit, etc.

2 - What time (roughly) do your kids have their evening meal?

5pm if she has a friend round (1-2 times a week max)
6:30pm if not

3 - Do you and your DP/DH eat with children or later?

Dh and I nearly always eat at 6:30pm when he gets home from work. If DD hasn't had a friend round then she eats with us.

4 - Do you all eat the same meal or do you make seperate dishes for children and adults?

If friend roud - usually something different, base don what visiting child likes
If not - DH and DD have the same; I have a non-meat alternative if not fish/veggie meal.

5 - Do your children have "supper" (ie milk and biscuit) before they get into bed?

No supper. DD has a dessert after her meal. If she has had a friend round she will foten pick at veggies or something fom our meal when DHa nd I eat at 6:30.

1 - Do you give your children a snack when they get home from school or do you cook tea straight away?

yes he's starving .. he could eat a muffin or a bagel or a piece of fruit (although he'll eat 3 or 4 pieces of fruit)

2 - What time (roughly) do your kids have their evening meal?

between 5 and 6 roughly

3 - Do you and your DP/DH eat with children or later?

I eat with kids if they don't have people round .. but will snack later with DH .. not great for figure

4 - Do you all eat the same meal or do you make seperate dishes for children and adults?

same food .. if I've cooked for kids, DH has leftovers or makes his own

5 - Do your children have "supper" (ie milk and biscuit) before they get into bed?

no .. but will eat fruit and bread non-stop from about 20 mins after dinner time till bedtime

Nogin - how old are your children?

I know dd and ds couldn't wait until 6.30 either - which is why dh and I eat when they've gone to bed (7.30 ish)

5 and 7 and by the time there in bed asleep its almost 8 ! and i cant wait till then im starving by 6 ;)

I've got 4 school aged DC

1. rarely if I do they dont want their meal.
2. between 5-6 om 3)we usually eat later. I sometimes eat with kids but DH doesnt get in until too late.
3. usually seperate meals for kids
4. sometimes. it very much depends on what they have been doing. If out at an activity like Brownies/Beavers etc then yes.

HTH

I just find im always feeding someone ,kids ,dh cat ,dog , kids again, but i guess thats what we do isnt it ?

Yes, it's just non-stop isn't it!

yes long are the days when i used to watch evening t.v with a glass of something ,although i wouldnt change it for the world, but a day off once in a while would be nice .:0

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