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[quote=Anonymous]I just noticed this thread - my child's school (the K-2 school mentioned by a PP) did this differently this year and I think it was really problematic. In the past, they did 'muffins for moms' or 'donuts for dads' in the cafeteria before school; if you went, great, but if you couldn't, no one knew or cared.

This time, they invited ALL parents of this huge school - which meant massive parking gridlock - and held the "breakfast" in the classroom (breakfast in quotes because it was only kids grabbing pastries in my child's classroom.) So the kids without a parent there

The school has a distinct racial and socio-economic gap, and it was awful to realize that most of the white kids in my child's class had one or more parents at this event, and almost none of the kids of color did. I'm sure that has something to do with SES and workplace flexibility etc. I went because my child is super sensitive, but even for WOHM with a flexible schedule it was a pain. And worse, it was pointless - we just watched the kids color and then filed out of the classroom when the "breakfast" was over.

So it just seemed like a waste of everyone's time that heightened the divide between haves and have-nots among young kids.[/quote]

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