Are Today's School Lunches Too Healthy? What's the Real Problem?

[MentorMom1]

The start of this school year brought protests over the federally subsidized school lunch program in some parts of the country, meals students described as being too healthy and lacking appeal - as well as adequate protein and carbohydrates.

A video featuring teenagers at one high school went viral last month. According to  news reports, the kids got help producing the video from their English teacher. The woman said their dilemma inspired her to rewrite the lyrics of a pop song to illustrate their cause. The video showed kids “fainting” in the gym and hall as they lip-synched to the music, unable to function, ostensibly from hunger.

Let 'em all go to India and beg for their lunch in the streets. They'll come home and eat every morsel the cafeteria lady puts on their tray.

But wait. What if they’re right? At least partially, anyway. Read my take on the school lunch problem at http://www.familyfieldguide.com/.

[brookiecookie87]

I (or my SO) almost always cook dinner. We also give out healthy portions and don't give her any desert if she doesn't make an honest attempt at eating the healthy part of the meal.

I use to feel bad when she was two years old and wanted to protest eating vegetables or healthy meals-But it paid off. I now have a wonderful 4 year old who eats nearly everything I give to her. She still sometimes complains about the flavor of some plates but she also still eats it.

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If parents cooked for their kids, the way they used to, gave them a solid breakfast instead of Froot Loops, and raised them on reasonable portions, they’d be used to eating real food and we wouldn’t have the childhood obesity problem we have today.

By the way your link is broken. You have a , where a . should be.

http://familyfieldguide.com/

[MentorMom1]

Oops. I fixed the link. You are doing such a great job in the food department! You should be very proud of yourself and your daughter.  Kids need to be exposed to a wide variety of textures and flavors, I think, so when they get to be 22 they don't snub their noses at anything that looks a bit different.

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Quoting brookiecookie87:

I (or my SO) almost always cook dinner. We also give out healthy portions and don't give her any desert if she doesn't make an honest attempt at eating the healthy part of the meal.

I use to feel bad when she was two years old and wanted to protest eating vegetables or healthy meals-But it paid off. I now have a wonderful 4 year old who eats nearly everything I give to her. She still sometimes complains about the flavor of some plates but she also still eats it.

Quote:

If parents cooked for their kids, the way they used to, gave them a solid breakfast instead of Froot Loops, and raised them on reasonable portions, they’d be used to eating real food and we wouldn’t have the childhood obesity problem we have today.

By the way your link is broken. You have a , where a . should be.

http://familyfieldguide.com/