<div class="block">With most U.S. children set to return to school in the coming weeks, lunch is at the top of mind for many parents. Janice Lieberman, consumer reporter, joined Cheddar News to talk about the best lunch box options that will keep food fresh all day long.</div>

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Be Well: Best School Lunch Box Options

Hey, Shannon and Elizabeth, it's time to get organized for, back to school. So we asked a professional organizer for help with all of that. And that's why we have Marla all here. Marla. Thank you for joining us. My pleasure. All right. Now, let's start with why you chose all these different color spirals and folders. I'll be happy to tell you because for Children, they love things that are color coordinated. It really helps them to remember that subject is for what? So, and we have every color for each subject. And I remember when I was a kid, I always chose green, I think it reminded me of money. So that was the color for math. Ok. Now they come home from school, they're starving and they want to grab junk, but that's not a good idea. So what is your idea? Not only is it not a good idea for their nutritional value? It's also not a good idea for your pocket book. It is much cheaper and more, really more uh better value to have mini meals set aside. So when you do your meal prep, hopefully on the weekend for the whole week, so that'll make your life a lot easier. You'll set aside these little mini meals, pop them in the freezer. Kids are independent. They come home, grab it and throw it in the micro and it's ready for them and they're not scream because they're starving. Exactly. And you have some organizing tips for all their supplies that they might need. Right. We have two different options here. This is what we call our compartmentalized pencil case. And this has different compartments to really keep those who are challenged with organizing that they can find what they need when they need it. This is another version. It's clear. So some prefer that and you could put everything in it. We tend to use ours to hold the little stuff in the backpack that tends to get lost. Now, this would be a great thing to put in your car, correct? And you can double it up as a pencil case. So when the kids are doing homework on the go or, you know, while they're waiting for another kid to come out of their activity, then you have extra supplies. All right, it's not all over your car and you, and it's like, you know, your whole glove compartment is a mess and another tip on that one. Janice is, it's simply a very easy to clean. You just wipe it down and reusable for whatever you may need. You can use it for snacks too. Um All right, clothing is a big problem in the morning. There's a lot of screaming that goes on. How are you gonna make sure that doesn't happen? Yes. Let's reduce everybody's morning madness, right. So my first tip on the out front is you want to coordinate all your kids outfit together with your child. The I suggest doing it like over the weekend when things are calm, then they have it for each day throughout the week and remember they chose it. So they go, they know exactly what they picked, they picked it out for the day that they need it. Ok? And you love white boards. We love white boards because so many of us actually are visual learners and this really helps kids to remember. So I always have things to buy, then they add it themselves what they need throughout the year and then upcoming events because a lot of scheduling a lot of different kids going different places. But this way they have it in front of them and it's really helpful to keep them in the know, it's not just on your shoulders all the time. Now in the morning, they might want their hair done in a fun way and you don't wanna go be stressed over that. So turn around and show us what you got. Oh, I love that clip. And if your child would love that clip, then you should have it out in the morning and ready to go and not a last minute decision, agreed to agreed.