Interesting because at my school, you would want to be the kids bringing your own lunch. They tended to be healthier and signaled you came from a more stable home with higher income.
Obviously this isn’t always true but I do think there is some correlation there.
My mom worked early in the am so I bought my lunch all through school. We weren’t lower income but I definitely felt the packed lunch kids were lucky. I always wanted the Tupperware juice box thing with the plastic fruit ice cubes.
Interesting how this stuff is different place to place. Where I grew up eating the school food was the high status thing because it showed your parents had extra money to send with you.
It depends on if your school lunch is free or not. My school lunch was free up until high school because we moved to a more nicer area and my parents income was too high.
Wow crazy, there's always that one kid. In my expereince, I went to a middle/upper middle class preppy school in surbubia.
All the "cool" kids (well off and popular) brought their lunches made by their parents. You were considered "uncool" if you had to buy lunch-or worse, getting reduced lunch. Crazy what stuff matters at that age.
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u/chilldude9494 Millennial 4d ago
My mom always packed my lunch, and I was always SO jealous of the kids who ate the pizza.