How long do kids have snack time? - Page 5

[mamazee]

She has said that sometimes kids like the look of what she has and want some (her school isn't nut-free so often nuts). But too often she asks me why she can't have rice crispy treats or candy disguised by the name "fruit snack."

[Tricks4Kids]

I'm an adult and I need to snack between meals!  It is good for your metabolism and your concentration to eat frequent small meals through out the day!

[Zach'smom]

I wish my ds's school had snack time!!  He doesn't eat lunch until 1:00!!  I have to feed him a protein heavy breakfast to get him to lunch without starving!!!  At his elementary school there is only one recess a day and that is right before lunch, so it is pointless to have a snack then.  I think a lot of issues could be resolved if they were allowed a quick 5 minute healthy snack break mid morning. 

[limabean]

DS's school has morning snack time for all grades (K-6) -- it's the first 5-10 minutes of morning recess, and they have the kids sit at the lunch tables during that time so that they'll eat a little something before going off to play. I'm glad -- I always give my kids a morning and afternoon snack, so I'm glad DS has a chance to eat his morning snack at school. I'm not sure what the middle and high schools in our area do. 

I remember having a snack break even in high school. During our morning break from 10:15 to 10:35, the snack bar was open and I'd often buy a bagel or get part of my bag lunch out during that time. Even now I can't go from my 7:30 breakfast to a 12:00 lunch without wanting a little something in between -- I'm eating trail mix right now! 

[JenRave]

This is all so strange to me, but then most school things are!  I went to an ACE school for my first several years of school, only went to normal school for a few years, and then I went to boarding school as a teen.  And that was in the 70s and 80s when no one worried about all the stuff they worry about now.  My parents were abusive to me, and borderline poor, and deliberately underfed me and sent me to school with inadequate lunch at the ACE school and told people I just didn't like to eat.  I was skin and bones until I was a teenager and big enough to start scrounging food on my own.  Of course now I'm fat - that's what happens.  So I say bring on the snacks!  If you deprive a child they just eat more later to make up for it.

[ancoda]

I had snack time through 5th grade.  Though we did stop getting more then lunch reccess after 3rd grade.

[Polliwog]

Each class at my son's school has a snack time. It's in the classroom and a good time for the kids to sit and socialize for a few minutes. They're supposed to bring something healthy and most of the time the kids bring pretty reasonable stuff. Parents can donate extra snacks to be kept in the teacher's office for those children who can't., or don't, bring one.