- Target:
- Carlos Gonzalez Administrator
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- www.livestrong.com
Lunch..... How important is it? What impact does it have on our children? If a child regularly skips lunch, he/she will not consume the protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals she needs to concentrate and focus until her afternoon snack or evening meal.
Without a nutritious and well-balanced lunch, our children may feel sluggish and tired and probably will not be motivated to get much done. Currently HIVE Preparatory is providing parents with the option of purchasing lunch for our children. Your child's midday meal provides valuable opportunities for him to get a good dose of the vitamins and minerals he needs for proper growth and health.
Without a well-balanced lunch, your child may be lacking in important nutrients like calcium, iron and vitamin C. Healthy Children notes that as your child grows, his nutritional needs increase and by not eating enough food, his development may suffer. Your child should eat a lunch that includes fruits, vegetables, protein foods and low-fat milk or other dairy products to get what he needs.
Currently the lunch being offered by Hive Preparatory is undesirable to our children accept for the process food menu.(chicken nuggets, hamburgers etc.) Children aren't eating vegetables or fruits for the most part and picking at the remaining items on the tray. The amount of food that is being discarded is immense.
As parents we are always looking for ways to make our day to day activities simpler. The school offering us the opportunity to purchase lunch provides us with just that. However, if the child is not consuming the food and just throwing it away it is more of a hindrance. It’s a waste of money and time for us parents to purchase food that our children are just putting in the trash.
Our children need to feed their minds and bodies to become strong young adults. It is our fear that our children are not eating the proper amount of food during the day.
While I understand that it is not HIVE PREPs obligation to provide us with lunch it is a huge help to us parent who work, have limited time and would like to ensure our children are eating healthy tasty food.
We the undersigned call on Hive Preparatory to change the current meal plan provider.
We as parents have attached a few alternatives we feel may be a good fit for all parties involved especially our children.
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The Feed our Kids healthy tasty food! petition to Carlos Gonzalez Administrator was written by Parents of Hive Academy and is in the category Health at GoPetition.