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[quote=Anonymous]And another thing to all like the "I would throttle you" PP parent saying all kids are hungry after school - just what do you think kids who truly are hungry act like?  I work for CPS so I'm intimately familiar with DC families whose kids get involved with our system for neglect, which includes not having food.  I am NOT suggesting that the mom in OPs post is neglecting her kids.  But what I am saying is that I have seen hundreds of kids who attend DC public or charter schools live in homes where there is no food.  How do you distinguish between their after (and before, and during) school hunger, and the healthy appetites of healthy, well-fed children?

Sometimes it's easy to tell. But sometimes it's so subtle you wouldn't believe.

The mom and kids OP is concerned about have struck a nerve with her.  To have such a hostile "mind your own business" attitude about wanting to reach out in case there's a real problem is mind-boggling to me.  Why are you pissy parents so sure there will always be a glaring differences between truly unfed children and your kids, such that there's no way OPs situation could be real?  Or did you not even realize it's possible some kids at your kids' schools could be severely underfed?

Please, count your blessings and lose the horrifically nasty attitudes![/quote]

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