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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] I hope that my parents are feeding their children healthy native foods at home like beans, plantains, and tortillas, but I don't know if this is the reality for many of them. I think the quick option is the hot dog cart or Five Guys. Fortunately we have a huge enclosed playground so the kids get to really run at outdoor time.[/quote]

This is the crux of the problem, at least in this particular immigrant community.  Beans and rice flavored with a little pork is insanely cheap, with some Target-brand skim milk and cheap mass-produced imported apples from China.   Super healthy and [i]most definitely available every day on an immigrant's low wage.[/i]

But those hot dog carts and mega bottles of Gatorade (3 for $1), well, they're alluring.  Slightly faster to the "table."  [/quote]

I'm the poster you quoted.  I forgot to mention that my Pre-K program does home visits.  Although I'm not able to visit every one of my kids' homes, some of my families have communal living and shared kitchens that let's just say aren't exactly conducive to cooking.  So unless you've been in someone else's shoes and can offer ideas for positive change, I find it useless to make self-righteous statements about the way other people live. [/quote]

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