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Lunchboxes: Past vs. Present
Remember when lunchboxes were cool? You could get a lunchbox w/ practically any TV show on it. Not only were they great for carrying your lunch, but they were a "social tool" of sorts. Even the most awkward kid, could look around the lunchroom, and see some kid with a SMDM lunchbox, sit down beside them and say, "Hey, did you see that episode of the SMDM last Sunday?", and BOOM, you had a friend for life, (or at least 3rd grade). This was even the case when I taught in an after school program some years back, and ate lunch w/ my kindergarteners.
And even though "tin totes" (as they're now called) are still being made, most kids carry those generic, cloth, "Land's End" type lunchboxes (or bags if you prefer), with a solid color or pattern or animal likeness, and they're pretty...well BORING.
At my school, we take turns at setting up for lunch, and it's downright sad to see. Only 2 kids have metal lunchboxes in my class; one is Finding Nemo, (and that's a cool one) and one is just a generic cartoon dinosaur on one side of the box.
For those of you w/ young kids, think of yourself at their age. What lunchbox did you carry, and what kind does your kid carry now?
And even though "tin totes" (as they're now called) are still being made, most kids carry those generic, cloth, "Land's End" type lunchboxes (or bags if you prefer), with a solid color or pattern or animal likeness, and they're pretty...well BORING.
At my school, we take turns at setting up for lunch, and it's downright sad to see. Only 2 kids have metal lunchboxes in my class; one is Finding Nemo, (and that's a cool one) and one is just a generic cartoon dinosaur on one side of the box.
For those of you w/ young kids, think of yourself at their age. What lunchbox did you carry, and what kind does your kid carry now?
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