In Charlie's pre-k class, half the kids brought their lunch and half ate the school lunch. It would be so much easier for me if Charlie ate the school lunch, but he eats packed lunches much better so I always pack lunches. There is the positive that I'm packing healthy lunches, but it is a lot more work and much more costly.
Which would you prefer?
squash / 13208 posts
I would LOVE to not pack lunches but my kids are SOOOO picky - I will pack!
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I plan on letting him eat the school lunch, but we'll see how (not) picky he is by that age.
watermelon / 14467 posts
I don't know. Right now, anything that saves me time in the morning is what I want to go with. Hopefully LO will eat the school lunch.
clementine / 806 posts
School lunch at daycare is chicken nuggets and sweet potato fries with rice and veggies. Sometimes it's burgers. Sometimes it's chicken fried rice. But it's the same 5 things every week. So I pack her lunches everyday. Which is basically 2 small meals, a fruit, and a yogurt. It's tiring and stressful trying to come up with variety since it's 2 meals a day. Plus dinner afterwards. I'm ALWAYS looking for good meals!
pear / 1837 posts
We are vegetarian and daycare uses our county school lunches, which are NOT vegetarian friendly. It would be so much easier to not have to pack food, but I don't trust that she would not be given meat.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
I'm not sure yet. I don't want to sound like a snob, but the school (government?) and I have different ideas about what constitutes a healthy lunch.
blogger / grapefruit / 4836 posts
Pack a lunch. I worked in schools and hated the food myself. Most kids skip the meal and buy a la carte junk instead. Maybe he could buy every once in a while.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Pack a lunch! I love coming up with ideas for lunches. I also like having the option of buying school lunch, though!
watermelon / 14206 posts
Last year and the year before we bought lunch at school. But, he was always choosing pb&j or a cold cut sandwich and rarely the hot meal. So, we are packing lunch for now. $2.05 is ridiculous for a sandwich that I can make.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I hope the school lunches will be pretty good. I would prefer to save myself the time and buy it.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
Hopefully they will just eat the school meals, less of a hassle.
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
I'm hoping it can be at least 1/2 packed and 1/2 schools lunches. I don't know how it is now but in elementary school they sent out a menu for the lunches for the month. So hopefully we can look ahead and plan what days she would like to eat the school lunch. And we'll pack lunch the rest of the time. I always ate the school lunch growing up bc my mom worked and didn't have time to pack a lunch for me. It wasn't awful - it had a hot portion (pizza, chicken nuggets, grilled cheese, corn dog, etc) and a cold portion (side salad, fruit, or veggies and dip). Every once in a while there would be a cookie or some other dessert but not all the time.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
@sandy: My nephew gets to pick one meal a week to buy and the rest they pack. I think it is a great idea.
grapefruit / 4671 posts
Right now she eats the daycare lunch which is all healthy, sustainable, in season and mostly organic. I know that school is likely to be a different story so I guess it depends on what is on the menu where she goes to school.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
We'll pack lunch. You have the option to buy for the week only in at least elementary school...not sure what happens in middle school.
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
I would pack. Usually school lunches don't seem very healthy or appealing to me.
papaya / 10473 posts
DS is in a daycare where they serve really healthy lunches and snacks, and I LOVE not packing his lunch/snacks. When he is in regular school, it will depend on the offerings.
@Smurfette: I like the idea of doing a mix!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
@Boheme: I love not packing right now too. She eats more variety at school too. I can make the same thing and she won't eat it at home but will at school. Taking advantage of everything included with the pricey price tag!
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