needed noticing
"free meals" aren't free
>>21046311 (me)
I've seen parents protesting in news articles and on television because schools were cutting back of free breakfast at school for children.
The parents were saying that their child or children would not be able to have breakfast without this program.
Parents complained that the children would be malnourished and unhealthy without free breakfast at school
This sounds like the parents are either unwilling or unable to feed their own children.
It sounds like an admission of child neglect.
There was no shame, only outrage at the school for taking away a freebie.
It is not the responsibility of the school or the taxpayers.
Of course there may be occasional exceptions in special circumstances but not a blanket responsibility for schools to feed children breakfast.