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How can you keep children from trading lunches?

Children's Lunches

Let children help prepare lunches and choose their own healthful snacks. To keep kids from trading lunches they don't like, maintain lines of communication by asking them what they'd like to eat. Nancy Evans, a working mom from New Jersey, takes an extra step to make sure her kids' lunches don't get swapped. She writes napkin notes that say, "I love you," or tell a joke. "This makes it harder for them to trade the lunch," she says.

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