My friend want's me to make her child's lunch everyday

Margaret52129

They are lovely OP, but TBH I think they're OTT for children everyday, and children being children, they'll get fed up of them eventually and then what's the next thing?

I was a dinner lady when my children were small and I saw all sorts of lunches! One little boy came up to me and said he couldn't eat his dinner as it was wet - when I looked, his mum had made him a cottage cheese sandwich:eek: Fine if you're at home and eating it straight away, but after 3 hours in a lunch bag on a school corridor!!!! I wouldn't have touched it either. When I spoke to mum, she said 'well he likes them and asked for it'!

If the girl in OP's question was struggling/would not eat her dinner, then the school staff will be aware, and would/should then speak to the parent about it.

I tried to vary my two's diet and was known to do 'fancy' shaped sandwiches (using biscuit cutters) but only on birthdays, weekends or when on holiday as time was short before we had to dash off to school and I never liked the thought (even now) of making my sandwich up the night before.

I think there could be an opening market for such as these if you know had plenty of pre/guaranteed orders as they are quite special and for so much work £5 is not bad. Good luck if you venture into the business.

sharnad

i would tell her to !!!!!! off - she should learn how to do them herself if she wants them for her child they look lovely what area are you in op

PinkLipgloss

I teach in Japan and can testify that a lot of children do in fact have lovely elaborate bento boxes for lunch every day. Although they are only done to the degree of the Hello Kitty example posted on special event days (e.g. Sports Day, Festivals etc).

HOWEVER it is still fairly common here for women to give up work (permanently) after they get married. As such they have time in the evenings to make up these lunches. Plus - there are tons of nifty gadgets you can buy here that actually make it a fairly fast/straightforward process.

Nicki

PinkLipgloss wrote: »

I teach in Japan and can testify that a lot of children do in fact have lovely elaborate bento boxes for lunch every day. Although they are only done to the degree of the Hello Kitty example posted on special event days (e.g. Sports Day, Festivals etc).

HOWEVER it is still fairly common here for women to give up work (permanently) after they get married. As such they have time in the evenings to make up these lunches. Plus - there are tons of nifty gadgets you can buy here that actually make it a fairly fast/straightforward process.

SNORT!!!!

I have 3 kids and don't work, and no way do I have half an hour per child in the evenings to make packed lunches, alongside making the evening meal, clearing up, baths, stories and spending some time with my DH who is busy at work all day earning the money to allow me to stay at home. Just as well my kids take school dinners I suppose

msb5262

Nicki wrote: »

SNORT!!!!

I have 3 kids and don't work, and no way do I have half an hour per child in the evenings to make packed lunches, alongside making the evening meal, clearing up, baths, stories and spending some time with my DH who is busy at work all day earning the money to allow me to stay at home. Just as well my kids take school dinners I suppose

Sorry to correct you, Nicki...but shouldn't this say
I have 3 kids and don't go out to work ?

Don't sell yourself short! You may not be paid, and you obviously appreciate the fact that your DH works hard to earn the money for you to stay at home, but please don't fall into the trap of saying you don't work...you obviously work hard, and being a SAHM can be very wearing sometimes!

MsB

fluffnutter

PinkLipgloss wrote: »

HOWEVER it is still fairly common here for women to give up work (permanently) after they get married. As such they have time in the evenings to make up these lunches. .

I think you might be confusing 'giving up work after marriage' with 'bringing up children'. To be honest, I don't know anyone who's given up working just because some fella's put a ring on their finger! But that's by the by... try telling any mother that she's got time to faff about fashioning Hello Kitty out of bits of leftover food every evening and you'll get a gobful

pigpen

I think pinklipgloss is refering to Japanese ladies quitting work after marriage which is the norm over there.

fluffnutter

pigpen wrote: »

I think pinklipgloss is refering to Japanese ladies quitting work after marriage which is the norm over there.

Oh yeah! That's why she says 'here' :rotfl:

DannyBo

fluffnutter wrote: »

Oh yeah! That's why she says 'here' :rotfl:

As in where she is, as in Japan :rotfl:

PinkLipgloss

fluffnutter wrote: »

I think you might be confusing 'giving up work after marriage' with 'bringing up children'. To be honest, I don't know anyone who's given up working just because some fella's put a ring on their finger! But that's by the by... try telling any mother that she's got time to faff about fashioning Hello Kitty out of bits of leftover food every evening and you'll get a gobful

I am not confusing the two at all - it is still fairly normal for women here (in Japan) to give up work after they marry. These woman do not, initially have children.

Furthermore, it is also the norm here to put your child in full time daycare/preschool from around 1 year old. So these women do, indeed, have time to be messing around with bento boxes.