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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course you should talk to the teacher or more appropriately the school social worker as they will have more experience in how to broach the subject. The social worker has an obligation to check it out, and you will feel comfortable knowing that you did what you could without having to get further involved.  It might be nothing but better to be safe than sorry. [/quote]

Oh my god, no.  My kids are always asking for something to eat after school.  They're well-fed healthy kids, with lots of options to choose from.  Still, sometimes the novelty of whatever someone else is eating is appealing, or reminds them they're hungry, or they are hungry because it's 3:30 and they haven't eaten since lunchtime and they're growing kids.  One of them is a picky eater, so even though she has a lunchbox full of choices, she might still ask for a snack.

If I got a call from the school counselor because you just couldn't keep your nose out of other people's business I'd want to throttle you.  [/quote]

And just because your kids are like this, there is no way at all the kids OP knows are hungry.  Right?  Wrong!

OP please take the chance of offending a parent like the PP, trust your instincts, and say something.  If the overwhelmed mom you described whose kids are asking to go home with other kids to have dinner is in fact as "together" and easily pissed as PP, the worse you will have done is piss off a parent whose kids are fine.

But if that same overwhelmed mom you know is not ok and her kids are hungry, you may have raised an important issue to the awareness of the school social worker or teacher that the kids themselves couldn't voice.  Maybe the school is aware of resources this mom is not connected to - you never know what chain of help you could set in motion.

Don't let PP's threat of throttling throw you.  It's more important to take a step that might in a very real way help a child.[/quote]

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