The start of a new school year can be an emotional time for parents. For example, sadness may be felt because our babies are growing up WAY. TOO. FAST. Others (like myself) may be flooded with relief -big sigh- because we ALL (children included) survived the summer! Even better, how about feeling stressed? It's time for a new routine, new environment, being on time and so on.
Add packing a lunch to the mix, emotions of anxiety and frustration show up.
It doesn't HAVE to be so traumatizing!
Don't panic, but your child's homemade lunch will be scrutinized. It's human nature. Your child's peers, school staff, nutritionists and so on will be analyzing the contents of that cute Frozen lunch box. Yup. There is no way to stop it so deal with it, embrace it, ignore it…whatever...
but it is best if the lunch is diverse and somewhat healthy!
Easier said than done right? The sad reality is that we can send celery all day long…but will they eat it? The REAL struggle is getting your child to actually EAT their lunch instead of trading or throwing it away.
