Fabric Retro

What kind of lunchbox should I send with my Kindergartener this year?

He is my first child, starting school for the first time. I don't know how to do any of this!!!! Do most of the other kids have the fabric insulated kind, or the retro-style plastic kind?

my 6 yo step daughter took the insulated kind and will probably again this year. She was, though, the only kid in her class (and from what i saw when I ate lunch with her, the entire K & 1st grade level) that packed. The rest went through the line b/c they got reduced lunch for the most part. Hopefully this isn't the case for her, but if it is, do a little compromise...pack four times a week and let her buy once. But, yes, I found the cloth ones better, especially with how rough kids can be on their lunch box, especially boys. The cloth insulated will withstand much more abuse.

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