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Nest moms question: is there still a rule that kids can't talk at lunch? I know they used to have it, but I have heard that things have loosened up a bit. TIA.
20 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]Well I DO have a kid there and they are not allowed to talk during lunch. At first I thought that was harsh but here is the reason. They get 20 minutes to eat and then 20 minutes to play outside. Young children can take forever to eat. I believe if it weren't for this rule, my dc would not eat much during lunch time and would be focused on talking and fooling around with friends which they can do outside when they are done eatting. This rule doesn't bother me much. If this is something that you are not comfortable with and feel very strongly about you should not send your child to Nest. For families that have this high on their list as a priority, there are plenty of other public schools that allow children to talk during lunch.
[ Reply | Options ]Children should associate meals with a social time. A childhood of silent lunches is such a bad idea. I am surprised that an aware school would do such a thing, in the name of children learning to gobble down their food quickly enough.
[ Reply | Options ]Nest, love it or leave it. Maybe not a priority but wow, the school is not open to changing anything, even things it is doing in a bass-ackwards way? Sounds like an awful place -- and I am not bitter or with any personal stake whatsoever; just so surprised to hear of this crazy rule I have never been interested in the school.
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The older kids can but the very little ones are not so they eat their lunch. My dc takes forever to eat because she will talk or do anything else other than eat at meal time. I find this rule helpful in light of the fact that they only have 20 minutes to eat. If they had more time to eat than maybe they could get rid of this rule.
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my god that sounds like the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. no wonder americans never learn to love and take their times at mealtime.
[ Reply | Options ]I wish my dc's school had this rule. They also have 20 minutes for lunch and she never eats. The answers I get from her are "a banana" "some cheese" "a carrot" "it's so much fun that i forget to eat". I've actually brought this up with the school and suggested that they do lunch in the classroom and even allow parents to pack lunches (private school) because 20 minutes isn't enough for kids to actually eat if they're talking. When I pick up, she's starving. I wish they our private school had the same policy as NEST. Because if your kid doesn't get food in their system, they can't focus.
[ Reply | Options ]okay, NEST mom. they should teach children how to eat and socialize at the same time, and give them more than 20 minutes for lunch period. on the other hand, if they don't have the resources to pay attention and make sure the kids eat, they can send them to separate little cubicle areas to eat all alone. kids who don't eat lunch wouldn't eat even if they weren't talking; some kids just don't eat much at lunch when left to their own devices. my kid talks a lot and eats all his lunch because he is a big eater. it's not about imposing silence in little kids and creating food issues.
[ Reply | Options ]You are wrong. My kid likes to socialize more than eating but also likes to eat. Socializing comes first, however. At home he takes a long time to eat because he likes to talk to us at meal time and forgets to eat. We have to remind him. I am greatful for the quiet lunches at school.
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Nest K mom who does not know the answer. But I will say my very social Kindergartener has never mentioned this rule to me and seems to have fun at lunch and has traded food with friends at her table so there must be some communication. So if there is a no-talking rule I don't think it's very strict, and my dc loves to talk and if there is a rule, it hasn't bothered her once.
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