How You Can Pack a Lunch That a Child Will Actually Eat

Feeding children can be a mystery.
How You Can Pack a Lunch That a Child Will Actually Eat
Zeitlin and son Will in West Hills, California, on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/TNS
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By Kate Sequeira Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES—For Rebecca Zeitlin, packing her 5-year-old son’s school lunch is always full of surprises. Offer him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at home and he won’t touch it. But pack it in his lunch with fruits, vegetables, and a small treat and he'll dive in.