It’s that time of year when we set out to establish new routines and start thinking about school lunches
It’s so boring putting the same things in over and over again.Well, I am here with solutions to some of these problems. If you want your kids to eat their lunch, and save yourself some time and heartache, then listen up.
Drumroll please... let the kids make their own lunches. All by themselves. Then you don’t have to do it, they are more likely to eat a lunch they have made themselves and you won’t be bored out of your mind making them. It is a win for everyone. I know what you’re thinking: “If I let my kids make their own lunches they’ll just have crisp sandwiches or chocolate bars on repeat.” No – that doesn’t have to be the case. They will only have crisp sandwiches if you give them crisps. There is a strategy for feeding children, developed by American feeding guru Ellyn Satter called, The Division of Responsibility in Feeding.
In the case of school lunches, you, as the parent, provide the food you want them to have for their lunch. It may be bread, cheese, tuna, fruit, yoghurt etc. and they then decide what they will take to school with them. This has been working in my house since my son was six years old. I have barely made a school lunch in six years. I make sure there’s cooked chicken, tuna or ham on hand, as well as wholemeal bread or wraps, and plenty of fruit, and then let them at it.
I also like to have at least one extra “bit” on hand for lunch boxes to go along with the sandwiches and fruit. Here are some of our favourite extra “bits” we make for lunch boxes.These flapjacks are nut-free and packed full of whole foods. Get the kids to help you make a big batch on a Sunday when you’ve the oven on for the roast.
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