This incident rubs me wrong in all kinds of ways. Knowing that so many children go to bed hungry, and wake up hungry is haunting. Yet the government isn't pulling children from homes to make sure they are fed are they? Instead they focus on the child who appears to have too much to eat.
We live in a very diverse multi-cultural neighborhood. My son goes to school with quite a few kids who's only decent meal for the day is the state subsidized lunch they receive at school. They often have no breakfast, and little dinner.
My son, too, is on the lunch program. I do make sure he gets breakfast, dinner, and snacks every day. But, yah, we don't have food overflowing from our cupboards and I have to get quite creative.
With that said - maybe it's best to address children and food issues as a whole and not single out just those who stand out.
Interesting article for those who care to read it re: how many American kids go hungry each and every day.
As many as 17 million children nationwide are struggling with what is known as food insecurity. To put it another way, one in four children in the country is living without consistent access to enough nutritious food to live a healthy life, according to the study, "Map the Meal Child Food Insecurity 2011."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/hunger_at_home/hunger-home-american-children-malnourished/story?id=14367230
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Mel
We live in a very diverse multi-cultural neighborhood. My son goes to school with quite a few kids who's only decent meal for the day is the state subsidized lunch they receive at school. They often have no breakfast, and little dinner.
My son, too, is on the lunch program. I do make sure he gets breakfast, dinner, and snacks every day. But, yah, we don't have food overflowing from our cupboards and I have to get quite creative.
With that said - maybe it's best to address children and food issues as a whole and not single out just those who stand out.
Interesting article for those who care to read it re: how many American kids go hungry each and every day.
As many as 17 million children nationwide are struggling with what is known as food insecurity. To put it another way, one in four children in the country is living without consistent access to enough nutritious food to live a healthy life, according to the study, "Map the Meal Child Food Insecurity 2011."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/hunger_at_home/hunger-home-american-children-malnourished/story?id=14367230
MOO
Mel