First thing that popped to my mind is why are they expecting you to provide ANYTHING for the car ride home - IMO if their child needs s something AFTER HOURS it is their job to provide it and the car ride HOME is after hours?

I would not supply anything but a refill of WATER for the ride home .... sorry but not my job to tide your kid over for the ride home

As for milk policies ... my personal belief is that human beings are not intended to consume as much 'cows milk' as we seem to think we need - most of the 'nutrients' that it is toted for have been added by MAN and do not naturally belong in there and therefore the bodies ability to 'absorb them' is limited - IMO there are many more easy to digest forms of calcium, iron and essential fatty acids that are better for brain and bone development and easier to absorb by the body .... I find it ironic that the government and milk boards push MILK on society because of its source of Vitamin D and yet we still remain a society whose Vitamin D levels are deficient .... makes one wonder WHY?

Anyway I digress ... I only serve milk at ONE meal and choose to offer a menu rich in nutrition normally gotten from milk by other sources - spinach, avacado and so forth. I usually offer milk at lunch and to be honest I give the kids a choice between it and water and most of mine choose water specially this time of year - so I will make a pro-biotic yogurt based frozen 'treat' for the afternoon to get a serving of extra 'dairy' into them.

If a client wants milk served more often than that - than they provide it regardless of the 'fat %'