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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 25041" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We don't have this problem in Australian schools as a rule - kids either bring their lunch or order it from the school canteen, which requires money on the day. I do remember as a kid, desperately longing for a school lunch instead of the home-made sandwiches I was rapidly getting fed up with. Tomato sandwiches go soggy in the lunch box, or simply taste 'off' after the school bag has been sitting in hot summer sun all morning.</p><p>To avoid lunch being inedible, I would often eat my sandwiches at morning break, which meant I was hungry by lunchtime.</p><p></p><p>This sounds like a kid desperate for some personal control. I agree with you about nuggets not being healthy (have you seen any of Jamie Oliver's campaigns around the world? Definitely worth checking on, you might be able to start a campaign at the local school to get healthy choices).</p><p></p><p>A suggestion - can difficult child have some say in what you pack in his lunchbox for him? That plus the opportunity to have a school lunch once a week (or less often - I do agree with your misgivings) might make it easier.</p><p></p><p>I know you want to punish him for lying, but the ultimate aim here is to ensure he is eating healthy food most of the time, right? He will have less need to be dishonest if he has choice. I would also teach him to cook healthy food, so his choices at school can be better informed. difficult child 3 reads nutritional labels on his food, and previously favourite foods he now will reject because fat or sodium content is too high. If I give him a list of maximum recommended limits then explain that a single meal should contain no more than a third of these, he then begins to take charge.</p><p></p><p>Schools should be more responsible. Jamie Oliver was able to prove that it can be done, within the budget, and with no more problems. But he did have to educate both the kids and the canteen staff, which was no mean feat. They screened that TV show in Australia last year and I was horrified at what British schools were feeding their kids, supposedly as a healthy lunch. In Australia our governments have been insisting on school tuckshops only providing healthy foods. Most of our schools are also nut-free zones.</p><p></p><p>Here's hoping you can get some satisfactory solution.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 25041, member: 1991"] We don't have this problem in Australian schools as a rule - kids either bring their lunch or order it from the school canteen, which requires money on the day. I do remember as a kid, desperately longing for a school lunch instead of the home-made sandwiches I was rapidly getting fed up with. Tomato sandwiches go soggy in the lunch box, or simply taste 'off' after the school bag has been sitting in hot summer sun all morning. To avoid lunch being inedible, I would often eat my sandwiches at morning break, which meant I was hungry by lunchtime. This sounds like a kid desperate for some personal control. I agree with you about nuggets not being healthy (have you seen any of Jamie Oliver's campaigns around the world? Definitely worth checking on, you might be able to start a campaign at the local school to get healthy choices). A suggestion - can difficult child have some say in what you pack in his lunchbox for him? That plus the opportunity to have a school lunch once a week (or less often - I do agree with your misgivings) might make it easier. I know you want to punish him for lying, but the ultimate aim here is to ensure he is eating healthy food most of the time, right? He will have less need to be dishonest if he has choice. I would also teach him to cook healthy food, so his choices at school can be better informed. difficult child 3 reads nutritional labels on his food, and previously favourite foods he now will reject because fat or sodium content is too high. If I give him a list of maximum recommended limits then explain that a single meal should contain no more than a third of these, he then begins to take charge. Schools should be more responsible. Jamie Oliver was able to prove that it can be done, within the budget, and with no more problems. But he did have to educate both the kids and the canteen staff, which was no mean feat. They screened that TV show in Australia last year and I was horrified at what British schools were feeding their kids, supposedly as a healthy lunch. In Australia our governments have been insisting on school tuckshops only providing healthy foods. Most of our schools are also nut-free zones. Here's hoping you can get some satisfactory solution. Marg [/QUOTE]
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