Packing School Lunches

A collection of ideas to help you ensure your kids pack healthy lunches for school - With a little help from you, most kids can pack their own lunches.

With a little help from you, most kids can pack their own lunches.

Recently a working parent on Reddit asked us to provide some ideas for packing quick and healthy school lunches for kids. Here are some ideas:

• Rachel Hollis provides some great lunch hacks on YouTube. She explains how you can streamline the prep and packing processes. She offers two different videos: a short explanation and a more detailed version
• Kim Darrow points out that parenting is a team activity in her story about meal prep: Divide and Conquer
• Avoid an unexpected scramble if your child forgets his/her school lunch: Don't Forget Your Lunch
• More ideas gathered from friends on Facebook: 
  Fruits: grapes, pineapple chunks, strawberries
  Veggies: hummus with carrots, cucumbers
  Protein: cheese chunks, dinner leftovers (heated in a school microwave), ham rollups, soup (in a thermos)
  Dessert: muffins
• With a little help, most children old enough to ride a school bus or walk into a classroom alone can pack their own lunch when you provide the food. Teaching them to fend for themselves builds real self-esteem and skills that will last a lifetime. One 22-year-old recently wrote about how food prep skills aquired as a child are serving him well as an adult in this story: Help Yourself

Thanks to all who contributed ideas for this story! Please leave more ideas via a "reply".

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