I have a question for those with older kids (maybe ten to 20 years old).
My youngest has just turned 14 and is really giving me the pips with his idea that lunch during the holidays and weekends during school should be something like - a KFC burger, a hot chicken and chips - you get the idea.
Our lunches here would be something like - grilled ham, cheese and tomato open sandwich, ham and salad sandwich, avocado on toast - that type of thing. That is if hubby or I make something.
We often tell the boys to "find something yourself" because there is always SOMETHING to eat in the house, and we want to force our boys to make some sort of effort themselves. (Oldest son doesn't eat if there is not a hot burger or meal ready to sit down to, so I have given up with him. At 21, he can work it out himself, cook something, make something or go hungry for all I care.)
The 14 year old is really pushing things. Apparently EVERYONE ELSE has really NICE lunches. When I ask him what they are, he has no answer for me.
I told him recently that plenty of kids had a vegemite, peanut paste, Nutella or similar sandwich and were perfectly happy. He is turning into a fussy boy and I am coping with enough stress right now without this added to it.
What is a "normal" lunch?
My youngest has just turned 14 and is really giving me the pips with his idea that lunch during the holidays and weekends during school should be something like - a KFC burger, a hot chicken and chips - you get the idea.
Our lunches here would be something like - grilled ham, cheese and tomato open sandwich, ham and salad sandwich, avocado on toast - that type of thing. That is if hubby or I make something.
We often tell the boys to "find something yourself" because there is always SOMETHING to eat in the house, and we want to force our boys to make some sort of effort themselves. (Oldest son doesn't eat if there is not a hot burger or meal ready to sit down to, so I have given up with him. At 21, he can work it out himself, cook something, make something or go hungry for all I care.)
The 14 year old is really pushing things. Apparently EVERYONE ELSE has really NICE lunches. When I ask him what they are, he has no answer for me.
I told him recently that plenty of kids had a vegemite, peanut paste, Nutella or similar sandwich and were perfectly happy. He is turning into a fussy boy and I am coping with enough stress right now without this added to it.
What is a "normal" lunch?