Today Maryann offers five tips on packing school lunch for the «picky» eater, but I think you'll find her advice useful for all kids in terms of increasing
variety in your packed lunches.
Not exact matches
But
in the end, I can glean that: (1) more TLT readers
pack lunch in the a.m. vs. the p.m.; (2) your kids definitely prefer
variety over the same
lunch every day; (3) readers are almost evenly divided on whether they enjoy
packing lunch or find it a chore; and (4) none of our kids have access to a microwave at
lunch.
I agree, I'm sure there's a very wide
variety in the kinds of
packed lunches kids are getting today — from one extreme (bag of chips and a soda) to another (kale salad with a side of lentils).
Even before I started The
Lunch Tray, I'd read in Janet Poppendieck's Free for All: Fixing School Food in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home - packed l
Lunch Tray, I'd read
in Janet Poppendieck's Free for All: Fixing School Food
in America references to data showing that, on average, children who regularly eat the federally subsidized school meal consume a wider
variety of nutrients than those who consistently eat a home -
packed lunchlunch.
«Making healthy
packed lunches that give children the
variety they need
in their diet takes a lot of time and effort.
When I
pack the girlies»
lunches, I typically put
in two different
varieties of protein — for example, dairy and eggs, or animal meat and dairy, or plant - based alternatives.
Outside the family sphere, children are also often confronted with a wide
variety of pound -
packing options
in vending machines and even
in school
lunches.
a.) a considerable amount of exercise, including the use of treadmills and backpacks, as a way of relaxing dogs to prepare them for counter-conditioning exercises; b.)
packs of dogs to rehabilitate unstable, fearful or aggressive dogs; c.) Leashes and chain collars to block jumping, whining, possessiveness, biting, aggressiveness, excessive barking, mounting, fighting, active dominance challenges; d.) Redirection to get dogs doing alternative behaviors
in play areas, obstacle courses, a pool, a feeding area, a sleeping area, and an eating / drinking area; e.) calming techniques using hand feeding; f.) a limited amount of obedience training, such as teaching the dogs to heel on a loose lead at the handler's side; g.) a «claw» technique, his own version of the «alpha rollover», and a pursuit technique to deal with dogs that don't show submission to other dogs or people; h.) «flooding» for phobias; i.) «calm / assertive» handler techniques; j.) touch and sound techniques to interrupt, correct and / or redirect behaviors; k.) a
variety of traditional manners rules, which are implemented with the «no free
lunch» type of approach; l.) a
variety of games and other «mental challenges»; m.) human intervention; and n.) electric collars (not mentioned, as I recall,
in the book)
a.) a considerable amount of exercise, including the use of treadmills and backpacks, as a way of relaxing dogs to prepare them for counter-conditioning exercises b.)
packs of dogs to rehabilitate unstable, fearful or aggressive dogs; c.) Leashes and chain collars to block jumping, whining, possessiveness, biting, aggressiveness, excessive barking, mounting, fighting, active dominance challenges; d.) Redirection to get dogs doing alternative behaviors
in play areas, obstacle courses, a pool, a feeding area, a sleeping area, and an eating / drinking area; e.) calming techniques using hand feeding; f.) a limited amount of obedience training, such as teaching the dogs to heel on a loose lead at the handler's side; g.) a «claw» technique, his own version of the «alpha rollover», and a pursuit technique to deal with dogs that don't show submission to other dogs or people; h.) «flooding» for phobias; i.) «calm / assertive» handler techniques; j.) touch and sound techniques to interrupt, correct and / or redirect behaviors; k.) a
variety of traditional manners rules, which are implemented with the «no free
lunch» type of approach; l.) a
variety of games and other «mental challenges»; m.) human intervention; and n.) electric collars (usually not mentioned
in their marketing materials or websites)