afterschool snacks

Hi, I was always so proud of the fact that my kids ate everything on their plates at dinner. You want to know why? They were hungry!!! They got home about 3:30 from school and we ate dinner usually at 5. Dad walked in the door and we immediately sat down to eat.

What happened at 3:30? No snacks is what happened. They could drink something. But we didn't allow snacks [in part because snacks were expensive] but MOSTLY because it would spoil their appetites.

All I know is it worked. They ate nutritious, well balanced meals at 5 not potato chippy junk at 3:30. Back in the day......