A Vent About School Lunchboxes

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of packing school lunchboxes and the struggles parents face with their kids' eating habits.

It's an AMEN episode, and can we get an amen for how hard it is packing lunch boxes? Do your kids pack their own? Do they eat the food you give them? Will the cycle of bringing home uneaten food ever end? Jump in our Facebook group and let us know: https://www.facebook.com/groups/246445168215669 Leave your question for Gen and Amy here: memo.fm/beyondthechaos Email us at beyondthechaos@dm.org.au Get your pack of High Low Buffalo cards here Order Amy Gerard's book 'Strap Yourself In' HERE Order Gen Muir's book 'Little People, Big Feelings' HERE Produced by DM Podcasts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Amy Gerard, Gen Muir

Topics covered

• school lunchboxes
• parenting challenges
• kids' eating habits
• family dynamics
• comedy

Keywords

• school lunch
• packing lunchboxes
• kids food
• parenting
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DM Podcasts, Facebook, memo.fm, beyondthechaos@dm.org.au

Books & works: Strap Yourself In, Little People, Big Feelings

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