Does your child rely on free lunch at school?

[Anonymous]

I'm sure these kids household have a pack of Top Ramen

[Anonymous]

It really does take a village. How in the world we "forgot" that, I will never know.

Because sometime in January 1981, our national motto became "I got mine, fuck all of you?"

[Anonymous]

I was a free lunch kid- my mom's best friends fed us a fair amount, and we spent summers with family so she could work 2 jobs for those months. We were broke due to medical bills and my father who was/is dangerously bipolar not paying support. I knew we were on free lunch but never put together all of the whys or who my village was until I was grown.

I absolutely think of those kids in this weather. They are likely cold and hungry, and if they're anything like we were, are too proud to say anything about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's the scammers who end up causing the genuinely hungry the most harm. It not only takes away precious resources from the hungry, it also makes those who can help and who otherwise would want to help turn away.

It's a big deal. It's something that seriously needs to be dealt with.

People who turn away from children in need because of these concerns need to take responsibility for their own decision to ignore children in need.

Oh, so those of us who work, who feed our own kids, who already contribute so much are the ones who have to take responsibility for feeding hungry children, but scammers and deadbeats get a free pass. I see. Thanks for clarifying that.

You wonder why many people push back? It's because of bullshit like this.

You don't help others because you don't want to. Own it.

I already do help plenty, how arrogant and obnoxious of you to assume I don't. And in fact I probably help even more than you do. But I'd help even more if there weren't so many scammers and bullshit artists. For example, I won't give money to panhandlers on the street (for example it pisses me off to see some panhandler claiming he's a homeless Vietnam vet, but who isn't old enough to have ever served in Vietnam - I don't want to be subjected to that kind of sick lie when I have family members who served and sacrificed in Vietnam) - instead, I give money to the organizations that I know help the homeless.

Meanwhile it is YOU who owns the scammers and bullshit artists by defending them and giving them a pass. Stick it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's the scammers who end up causing the genuinely hungry the most harm. It not only takes away precious resources from the hungry, it also makes those who can help and who otherwise would want to help turn away.

It's a big deal. It's something that seriously needs to be dealt with.

"The wealth of the world is divided in two: almost half going to the richest one percent; the other half to the remaining 99 percent."

-Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bp-working-for-few-political-capture-economic-inequality-200114-en.pdf

[Anonymous]

Wow, this is so hurtful to me. I posted (page 1) that my DD gets free lunch. That everyone assumes we're scamming the system? So outrageously hurtful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this is so hurtful to me. I posted (page 1) that my DD gets free lunch. That everyone assumes we're scamming the system? So outrageously hurtful.

Everyone? Please.

[Anonymous]

My DD had free lunches and several of her
Friends and none were scammers
All hard working

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's the scammers who end up causing the genuinely hungry the most harm. It not only takes away precious resources from the hungry, it also makes those who can help and who otherwise would want to help turn away.

It's a big deal. It's something that seriously needs to be dealt with.

People who turn away from children in need because of these concerns need to take responsibility for their own decision to ignore children in need.

Oh, so those of us who work, who feed our own kids, who already contribute so much are the ones who have to take responsibility for feeding hungry children, but scammers and deadbeats get a free pass. I see. Thanks for clarifying that.

You wonder why many people push back? It's because of bullshit like this.

You don't help others because you don't want to. Own it.

I already do help plenty, how arrogant and obnoxious of you to assume I don't. And in fact I probably help even more than you do. But I'd help even more if there weren't so many scammers and bullshit artists. For example, I won't give money to panhandlers on the street (for example it pisses me off to see some panhandler claiming he's a homeless Vietnam vet, but who isn't old enough to have ever served in Vietnam - I don't want to be subjected to that kind of sick lie when I have family members who served and sacrificed in Vietnam) - instead, I give money to the organizations that I know help the homeless.

Meanwhile it is YOU who owns the scammers and bullshit artists by defending them and giving them a pass. Stick it.

How kind hearted of you. Make sure to note that when you write out your check.

[Anonymous]

I used to work at a school where 100% of students qualified for a free lunch and I was glad the children received them. Why? Most students brought in a bag of chips and bottle of soda for lunch, or a bunch of candy. Occasionally kids had lunchables or subway sandwiches which was fine but not really enough servings of vegetables or fruit.

At least the free lunch ensured the kids got something resembling a balanced diet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this is so hurtful to me. I posted (page 1) that my DD gets free lunch. That everyone assumes we're scamming the system? So outrageously hurtful.

Ignore the negative people. Some of us here do care. I'm sending you e-HUGS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to work at a school where 100% of students qualified for a free lunch and I was glad the children received them. Why? Most students brought in a bag of chips and bottle of soda for lunch, or a bunch of candy. Occasionally kids had lunchables or subway sandwiches which was fine but not really enough servings of vegetables or fruit.

At least the free lunch ensured the kids got something resembling a balanced diet.

Again, this reinforces the bullshit factor in this thread.

If they can afford to bring in chips, soda, candy, lunchables, subway sandwiches - they aren't poor. It just means they have parents who don't know what the hell they are doing. For less money than it costs to buy the junk food, they could be providing healthy food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I doubt starving families sit around on DCUM.
OP is clueless.

My thoughts exactly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this is so hurtful to me. I posted (page 1) that my DD gets free lunch. That everyone assumes we're scamming the system? So outrageously hurtful.

Read again. Nobody ever said you were a scammer. What was said is that the ones who are scammers really undermine everything for the rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I doubt starving families sit around on DCUM.
OP is clueless.

My thoughts exactly

I doubt the 1% sits around on DCUM.

PP who keeps insisting the rest of us hard working families who are slightly better off than FARMS are just a bunch of entitled stingy 1% gazillionaires is clueless.