MzOpinion8d
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I taught children who were in homes below the poverty level for thirty years. We ate linch and snacks in the classroom. I had food hoarders but never once did I have a child who ate out of the garbage,No one ever tried to sneak food out of the garbage can.
Right or wrong, I,let them take as much food as they wanted. I never said one word if their last multiple helping was thrown away. I did not want them to think foord was restricted in anyway. I know there is a food waste problem in the US, but to me it was more important to see that at school, food was no issue.
What they did at home I had no idea.
It is possible that out of the hundreds of children I had, there were no children who were deprived of food in an abusive way. They may have been deproved because there was no food, but not because anyone was being cruel.
I cannot figure out why someone would eat out of the garbage if other food was available. Why not choose something more yummy?
Just guessing here but one factor is probably that food from the garbage wouldn't be noticed missing. If the child thought they'd be punished for taking food, that would be one way to do it without getting caught. (And they may not have actually been punished but just been afraid that they would be.)