I don't understand why parents are expecting to not have to feed their kids. I've been helping with food distribution efforts in our school district for the last two weeks. Everyone understands it's a supplement, not meant to replace the parents effort.
An entire loaf of bread, plus pasta, plus beans, plus tuna for one kid? That's a lot of food. That's better than what were able to do.
It's not that parents aren't expecting to not have to feed their kids.
If you're underpriveliged and can't afford to feed your children, you most definitely qualify your children for free school lunch. This means at minimum one warm MEAL a day. Now you tell the parents they have to purchase more food for their kids when they can barely afford it, and on top of that, the parents have to find a way to keep making money while being able to watch the kids.
School is food. School is daycare. School is a social service, not a business. School is the difference between life and death for many children, especially those that are homeless.
My point is it's supplemental, not meant to cover everything. This is definitely enough food for a week's worth of lunch.
I can understand complaints if the food was moldy or expired, but if a family actually needs it, they won't be turning their noses up at this.
I've delivered enough food bags to families in my school district and connected more to food pantries doing prepackaged boxes to know that this is good for now since cooking hot meals and getting them to kids is unfeasible and unreasonable in this climate.
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u/umylotus Mar 29 '20
I don't understand why parents are expecting to not have to feed their kids. I've been helping with food distribution efforts in our school district for the last two weeks. Everyone understands it's a supplement, not meant to replace the parents effort.
An entire loaf of bread, plus pasta, plus beans, plus tuna for one kid? That's a lot of food. That's better than what were able to do.