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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you all so much for sharing what sounds like some very hard memories.  I grew up wealthy, and was surrounded by others with plenty (went to one of the big 3 here in DC; no one had any experiences like these).  In reading these stories, I feel almost appalled at the money that my family, and now I, have, and the things we had and did which seemed normal at the time, but now seems like indulgences.  I can tell you that I am doing some research first thing tomorrow on how to donate my time and money to people who have life experiences like many of you.  While my family worked hard for their wealth, a lot if it was luck, and it easily could have gone the opposite way.  I guess I am guilty of taking things like food, let alone any and as much food as I want, for granted.[/quote]

PP, glad to hear it.  I suggest that you focus your research on programs that get food to children.  When school is out for the summer, students who get breakfast and lunch at school lose that opportunity.[/quote]

I agree, food security is a still huge and growing issue, it's pretty awful when you start looking at the numbers.  There are many really great food programs in the city: Capitol Food Bank is a favorite of ours, and also DC Central Kitchen.  So Others May Eat is popular with some of our friends, they take regular volunteers.

Also, to the first PP, I really appreciate your openness and perspective.  My experience was by no means the worst but what I did experience stays with me and rears its head in my parenting life in some way nearly every day.  Like a PP said, half the time I am overcompensating and the other half I am falling into the same traps.  It's a lifetime of work to be healthy after a hard childhood, but we do it because we want something different for our children.  Even if you were just moved to speak after reading here, that's still nice, but I do hope that you find a longer-term way to give that works for your family.  One of my biggest fears for my child is entitlement; I never want him to be disdainful or contemptuous of others with less (for any reason, I do not have time to be the "worthy poor" police) or to believe that (like you said) indulgences are his god-given right.  I don't require an attitude of slavering gratitude but I do not want to raise (pardon my French) a little dickhead![/quote]

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