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lunatica

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15. Do you know how many millions of kids go to school hungry?

Reply to whoiswithme (Reply #14)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 04:32 PM

Aug 2013

If you go without a meal do you get cranky and find your concentration on reading or math start to lag because you're thinking about food? Does your stomach ache after a few hours of missing a meal?

Imagine how little kids feel whose parents don't have enough money to send lunches to school. That's why schools feed children.

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With Kids Saying 'Yuck,' Some US Schools Quit Healthy-Lunch Program [View all] Purveyor Aug 2013 OP

lard sandwiches on white bread with gobs of mayo, and a bag of cheetos, are much cheaper nt msongs Aug 2013 #1

"...that led to some behavior and some lack of attentiveness." Wait Wut Aug 2013 #2

My kids would rather go hungry Stargazer09 Aug 2013 #3

You can start with the best ingredients in the world hobbit709 Aug 2013 #4

. . .if the cooking is done by a third party outside the school, that is. DinahMoeHum Aug 2013 #5

My wife spent 33 years working as a cook, first at an emergency shelter for kids hobbit709 Aug 2013 #6

There is also the issue of processed food rebates. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2013 #8

That's exactly it. In looking at "healthy school lunches" from Google images, closeupready Aug 2013 #11

And frankly, people talk bad about McDonald's, but closeupready Aug 2013 #13

Your wife sounds like she has a lot of knowledge. Has she ever written about her work w/ school food KittyWampus Aug 2013 #17

I wish she had. hobbit709 Aug 2013 #19

Also, I see green beans from a can (apparently), closeupready Aug 2013 #12

OMG!! Adrahil Aug 2013 #7

You were a kid once, would you eat that food also? wild bird Aug 2013 #9

After reading this, I thought I'd check out what my son had today woodsprite Aug 2013 #10

why are we doing this at all? whoiswithme Aug 2013 #14

Do you know how many millions of kids go to school hungry? lunatica Aug 2013 #15

It's not right to blame the students LittleBlue Aug 2013 #16

Can't say this is surprising quinnox Aug 2013 #18