Mom Shares ‘Snack Hack’ to Keep Kids From Over Snacking When Home From School

Mom Shares ‘Snack Hack’ to Keep Kids From Over Snacking When Home From School
Courtesy of Jen Hallstrom
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An Indiana mom-of-three has shared an ingenious “snack hack” for coaxing kids cooped up at home—without nagging—to go easy on the snacks, whether during school closures or after classes. The hack has spread like wildfire on social media.

“It’s frustrating when you know they aren’t hungry and they’re just eating out of boredom,” mom Jen Hallstrom, 31, told Today Parents. To curtail the constant snack attacks, Hallstrom devised a way to put her kids—Karley, 11, Wyatt, 7, and Millie, 2—in charge of their own cravings.