Our PM snack is a USDA-approved complete meal, provided by our local food bank. We serve it from 3 pm to 4 pm. Every kid is served it.
The kitchen closes for the day at 4:30 pm. Most days, once the kitchen is broken down, we place the non-perishable food needed for the next day's breakfast out on the serving table.
When kids parents arrive, many of them are marching up to the kitchen asking for an apple, an orange, a milk, some crackers to take with them. People think "its just an orange or a few crackers", but that's less we have to go around the next day and its a problem to stop and fix 15 extra snacks for the road every day.
We really want this to stop. The kids have just eaten, they're not hungry, and we need those items for the next day. They just feel like they need to "get" something and if they're standing beside their mother, they won't be denied. And the parents just stand there staring at us like, go on, give it to him. A few parents just let their kids waltz up to the table and take what they want.
I always feel mean when I say, no you just ate. Or no, these are for breakfast. And plus, sometimes a tantrum follows. But I feel the parents should control the situation and not expect us to give their children something everyday, just because its there.
What can say that won't come off mean and stingy?
The kitchen closes for the day at 4:30 pm. Most days, once the kitchen is broken down, we place the non-perishable food needed for the next day's breakfast out on the serving table.
When kids parents arrive, many of them are marching up to the kitchen asking for an apple, an orange, a milk, some crackers to take with them. People think "its just an orange or a few crackers", but that's less we have to go around the next day and its a problem to stop and fix 15 extra snacks for the road every day.
We really want this to stop. The kids have just eaten, they're not hungry, and we need those items for the next day. They just feel like they need to "get" something and if they're standing beside their mother, they won't be denied. And the parents just stand there staring at us like, go on, give it to him. A few parents just let their kids waltz up to the table and take what they want.
I always feel mean when I say, no you just ate. Or no, these are for breakfast. And plus, sometimes a tantrum follows. But I feel the parents should control the situation and not expect us to give their children something everyday, just because its there.
What can say that won't come off mean and stingy?
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