13 year old is in charge of lunch on my office days, and has discovered the food app on my account

bronze_kite_982110 May 2026

Summer arrangement: our helper cooks and leaves at noon, and on my three office days the 13 year old heats lunch for herself and her 7 year old brother. It worked for two weeks. Then I noticed three orders on my account in one week, all pizza, all around 1.30, with the cooked food going into the fridge for 'dinner'. She isn't wrong that it's easier. I don't want to take the phone away over it. But I'm not funding pizza three days a week either 😂 How have others handled this at that age?

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willow_lantern_107910 May 2026
is it the money or the junk food? if it's the money, set a weekly limit on the app 🤷 also ask what the 7 yr old is eating while she decides
- bronze_kite_982110 May 2026
  Mostly the money, partly that the dal is going to waste. The 7 year old is very happy with the arrangement, which tells you something. I'll check if the app lets me set a limit.
- bronze_kite_982110 May 2026
  Update: no limit option that I could find, so we've agreed she gets one order a week, on Fridays, and she picks what the helper makes on the other two days. She's taken the menu job surprisingly seriously. Her brother has requested pizza on more days. Denied.