At what age did you make your kid pack their own lunch instead of you doing it?

I was homeschooled, so it was never applicable to me (we'd just eat at home). Starting at age five, though, we'd take turns helping to cook meals.

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

She did it herself in 10th grade, they’d started contracting the meals in the schools & she said they were nasty so she’d bring something from home.

AmmieBell · 18-21, F

@cherokeepatti school lunches are pretty expensive where I live, so I can't imagine if have been allowed to buy it more than once a week if I did go to public school. I know the few times I went for study group or soccer, the nachos were good lol

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@AmmieBell I was a single mother so she got reduced lunches and since so few were eligible for reduced lunches at that school they told us that they would be free lunches. Even then she didn’t want to eat the food, the students would see mold on some of the items and my daughter already had health problems & was allergic to mold. She would have been stuck in the bathroom for awhile if she accidentally ate anything with it.