Bagged Lunches

[Liberty Belle]

not if you have to trek across a large high school to get to your locker to put the bag away before your next class.

My kids always wanted/want brown bags just for that reason. Everything disposable so they could just dump it in the trash and not have to make an extra trip back to their locker.

Every last minute of free time counts whether it is for studying or just down time with your friends.

Most of the kids at my son's high school don't even have lockers (you pay extra for them, though that's not the reason they don't have them). They have A day backpacks and B day backpacks and just lug them around all day.

 

[RUDisney]

OP, I am not being judgemental, but I'm just curious.

You stated that he doesn't want an insulated reuseable lunch bag because it's too much trouble for him to put away. Is it really that hard for him to put his bag away? It takes 5 seconds, tops

He doesn't want or can't get back to his locker before his first afternoon period and doesn't want to carry a lunch bag with him.

OK, so the kisses. You all know that Valentine's Day is on Monday, right? For Christmas, he got snowmen, Santa, etc., on his bag. He won't get hearts or kisses after Monday.

I asked him point blank on our way home from school today about the lunch bag art. He told me, "honestly, Mom, I don't care. It can be embarassing, but in a good way. My friends tease me, but I think that they kind of like it, too." I told him that I'd stop if he wanted me to, but he told me that he wanted me to continue. I guess it's become a game of what will the next picture be?

My DS is one of the most popular kids in his school. Everyone knows him and those who don't are just friends he hasn't met yet. The kid has no problem going up to introduce himself to anyone and he mortified his one cousin at a dance when he asked her if she knew anyone in a group of kids. When she said that she didn't, he grabbed her hand and said, "neither do I, let's go meet them." My DH calls him Mr. Mayor. A friend of mine who teaches at his school said that she sees him every day and he always has a smile on his face and he's always surrounded by a group of girls.

So, I will continue to embarass my DS since he's told me not to stop.

I think it's sad that some things that are innocent and fun are twisted into rumors of cruelty by those who don't share the same vision for life. Life is too short to not have fun, especially when it doesn't hurt anyone. And, my DS has told me that it is not hurting him or anyone else.

 

[Cinderella94]

He doesn't want or can't get back to his locker before his first afternoon period and doesn't want to carry a lunch bag with him.

OK, so the kisses. You all know that Valentine's Day is on Monday, right? For Christmas, he got snowmen, Santa, etc., on his bag. He won't get hearts or kisses after Monday.

I asked him point blank on our way home from school today about the lunch bag art. He told me, "honestly, Mom, I don't care. It can be embarassing, but in a good way. My friends tease me, but I think that they kind of like it, too." I told him that I'd stop if he wanted me to, but he told me that he wanted me to continue. I guess it's become a game of what will the next picture be?

My DS is one of the most popular kids in his school. Everyone knows him and those who don't are just friends he hasn't met yet. The kid has no problem going up to introduce himself to anyone and he mortified his one cousin at a dance when he asked her if she knew anyone in a group of kids. When she said that she didn't, he grabbed her hand and said, "neither do I, let's go meet them." My DH calls him Mr. Mayor. A friend of mine who teaches at his school said that she sees him every day and he always has a smile on his face and he's always surrounded by a group of girls.

So, I will continue to embarass my DS since he's told me not to stop.

I think it's sad that some things that are innocent and fun are twisted into rumors of cruelty by those who don't share the same vision for life. Life is too short to not have fun, especially when it doesn't hurt anyone. And, my DS has told me that it is not hurting him or anyone else.

 

[Magpie]

I used to do this for my daughter, but when she was in third grade she asked me to stop, which I did.

Forget the decorating the bag, I can't get over the fact that you don't have your 16 year old make his own lunch, or that he's even willing to BRING his lunch to school. (I don't know any high school students who would even be seen bringing lunch to school).

I make a lunch for my daughter every day. She goes to a high school with a full cafeteria, which is also close to many shops and a mall. I asked my daughter about it, and she says that lots of students bring lunch. She thinks maybe about a third of them in total. Which is actually most of the Asian students - they bring hot meals like stir-fry over rice and heat them up in the microwave in the lunch room.

He doesn't want or can't get back to his locker before his first afternoon period and doesn't want to carry a lunch bag with him.

OK, so the kisses. You all know that Valentine's Day is on Monday, right? For Christmas, he got snowmen, Santa, etc., on his bag. He won't get hearts or kisses after Monday.

I asked him point blank on our way home from school today about the lunch bag art. He told me, "honestly, Mom, I don't care. It can be embarassing, but in a good way. My friends tease me, but I think that they kind of like it, too." I told him that I'd stop if he wanted me to, but he told me that he wanted me to continue. I guess it's become a game of what will the next picture be?

My DS is one of the most popular kids in his school. Everyone knows him and those who don't are just friends he hasn't met yet. The kid has no problem going up to introduce himself to anyone and he mortified his one cousin at a dance when he asked her if she knew anyone in a group of kids. When she said that she didn't, he grabbed her hand and said, "neither do I, let's go meet them." My DH calls him Mr. Mayor. A friend of mine who teaches at his school said that she sees him every day and he always has a smile on his face and he's always surrounded by a group of girls.

So, I will continue to embarass my DS since he's told me not to stop.

I think it's sad that some things that are innocent and fun are twisted into rumors of cruelty by those who don't share the same vision for life. Life is too short to not have fun, especially when it doesn't hurt anyone. And, my DS has told me that it is not hurting him or anyone else.

This is pretty much what I understood from your original post.

Your son sounds awesome!

Thanks for asking him and then posting his answer.

 

[luvsJack]

He doesn't want or can't get back to his locker before his first afternoon period and doesn't want to carry a lunch bag with him.

OK, so the kisses. You all know that Valentine's Day is on Monday, right? For Christmas, he got snowmen, Santa, etc., on his bag. He won't get hearts or kisses after Monday.

I asked him point blank on our way home from school today about the lunch bag art. He told me, "honestly, Mom, I don't care. It can be embarassing, but in a good way. My friends tease me, but I think that they kind of like it, too." I told him that I'd stop if he wanted me to, but he told me that he wanted me to continue. I guess it's become a game of what will the next picture be?

My DS is one of the most popular kids in his school. Everyone knows him and those who don't are just friends he hasn't met yet. The kid has no problem going up to introduce himself to anyone and he mortified his one cousin at a dance when he asked her if she knew anyone in a group of kids. When she said that she didn't, he grabbed her hand and said, "neither do I, let's go meet them." My DH calls him Mr. Mayor. A friend of mine who teaches at his school said that she sees him every day and he always has a smile on his face and he's always surrounded by a group of girls.

So, I will continue to embarass my DS since he's told me not to stop.

I think it's sad that some things that are innocent and fun are twisted into rumors of cruelty by those who don't share the same vision for life. Life is too short to not have fun, especially when it doesn't hurt anyone. And, my DS has told me that it is not hurting him or anyone else.

Glad you came back and let us know what he said. Sounds like you have got a great kid there with a lot of self confidence--and that is a GOOD thing!!

and you are right, it is sad that this innocent little game you and your son are enjoying had to be twisted into something bad. Good for both of you for enjoying life! Enjoy him while you got him because they grow up all too soon.
Teenagers can be such fun with silly little stuff like this.

 

[DeluxePrincess]

Sounds like you have got a great kid there with a lot of self confidence--and that is a GOOD thing!!

I agree. I think if the son was truly mortified by this, he would let his mother know.

 

[Tink9721]

I haven't used a lunch box since elementary school (I'm a senior in HS now). It's much easier to just throw a lunch bag away in the cafeteria than 1) carry the lunch box around all morning and 2) try to get to your locker after lunch.

I'm also a senior, and I used a lunch box freshman year because of where my 4th period class was. My locker is right near the cafeteria and my next class was right down the hall so I had time to stop and put my lunch box away. Sophomore year my 4th period class was on the other side of the school, so I barely had enough time to make it on time, let alone stop at my locker. I switched to paper bags and I've used them ever since. It's just easier.

(I don't know any high school students who would even be seen bringing lunch to school).

I've brought lunch every day since I started middle school. I've tried little pieces of the lunches my school serves off my friends' plates, and they're gross