School's back, and so are the lunchbox questions. Pediatric dietitians Jen and Danielle go through what they see go wrong with school lunches, based on real stories from parents in their practice, and what to do instead.

They start with packaged snacks: why one per lunch is the general limit, which brands actually hold up (Siete, Jones Bar, Kai's Bars, Firehook, One Mighty Mill), and why a vegetable, even one that comes back untouched, still belongs in the box every day.

Then two patterns that come up more than parents expect: kids eating both a packed lunch and a second lunch from school (including the share bin), and kids who barely touch lunch because they'd rather be with their friends. Jen and Danielle cover how to plan around both without turning it into a fight, and why a drive-through stop after a skipped lunch backfires.