Of course, a lot of these kids will be having vast amounts of white bread at home :/
That's what I meant by saying the onus was on the parents. If little Johnny gets nothing but white-as-snow Squeezy-Soft Bread at home, he's not going to be thrilled about this brown stuff that he actually has to--horrors!--CHEW. If, in addition, he's been allowed to "pick" at home, half the lunch will be wasted.
I'll note here that I was never allowed to pick at home, and this did carry over to the school lunches--either you ate the whole thing or you didn't touch it, you NEVER picked out the parts you liked and left the rest.
Re: Regarding the school-lunch programs:
That's what I meant by saying the onus was on the parents. If little Johnny gets nothing but white-as-snow Squeezy-Soft Bread at home, he's not going to be thrilled about this brown stuff that he actually has to--horrors!--CHEW. If, in addition, he's been allowed to "pick" at home, half the lunch will be wasted.
I'll note here that I was never allowed to pick at home, and this did carry over to the school lunches--either you ate the whole thing or you didn't touch it, you NEVER picked out the parts you liked and left the rest.