snax are always a challenge with children esp. when they come home before the parent does. But even if the parent is home, it is hard to deal with spurts of hunger due to a. boredom or b. growth spurts.
I know fruits/celery/carrots are a good option. Believe me, I've tried and it doesn't cut it at our house. For fear of invasion from darwinian pests, I've had to give up offering a wide choice of fruit.
If you don't want to hand out the sugar bombs, you can try to have some frozen treats like mini samosas, indian spring rolls (our recent success story) etc. S seems to like ez-mac!! A will eat anything sugary or chocolaty!!
Middle schools don't help with the snack machine handy for growing pre-teens! We are unable to keep A from carrying change esp. since he has started to earn money from mowing.
comments abt what works for you welcome.
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Snacks are always a challenge at our house. They are used not only to satiate the hunger but to procrastinate from doing homework. The quick snack such as glass of milk and cookies, or the recently acquired halloween candy are the favorites of my 4th grader. If I give him apple and peanut butter, he might be interested. My 7th grader generally likes a more filling snack such as left over pizza, Maggie noodles, bowl of cereal and nachos. Both my kids will eat toasted waffles for any meal. None of these things are particularly healthy - but something to get them by until dinner.
I know what you mean about procrastinate. After all the 5 minutes have been exhausted, the next thing to try is a bathroom break, followed by a "I'm hungry".
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