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Here’s What Happens To Kids When They Get To Eat Before School Every Day (Original Post) eridani Apr 2014 OP
This is why i loath Republicans Notafraidtoo Apr 2014 #1
The parents also piss me off yeoman6987 Apr 2014 #6
Paul? Is that you? GeorgeGist Apr 2014 #7
Are u saying that Paul sends his kids to school without breakfast? yeoman6987 Apr 2014 #8
Don't worry.... daleanime Apr 2014 #9
That is good because we have had an influx of conservatives on here and I thought you were prime #1 yeoman6987 Apr 2014 #10
Gee! I'm in your thoughts..... daleanime Apr 2014 #11
Why not? yeoman6987 Apr 2014 #12
Some cannot. LeftOfWest May 2014 #17
The point stands. Igel Apr 2014 #13
Yes. Agree. You get it. LeftOfWest May 2014 #18
If we can't afford to feed and educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ... Scuba Apr 2014 #2
Corporations and politicians. Nt newfie11 Apr 2014 #3
You are correct shenmue Apr 2014 #5
I am so there with you.... AnneD May 2014 #14
the school mercuryblues Apr 2014 #4
Is there any evidence that this is causation rather than just correlation? N.T. Donald Ian Rankin May 2014 #15
You can test this yourself by not eating for a couple of days-- eridani May 2014 #16

Notafraidtoo

(402 posts)
1. This is why i loath Republicans
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 04:10 AM
Apr 2014

It is more important to them to teach children the world is a hard cruel place then to feed them so they become intelligent healthy members of society. Wish they could have their own hell hole to live in and leave the rest of us alone.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
8. Are u saying that Paul sends his kids to school without breakfast?
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 09:59 AM
Apr 2014

I don't understand your thinking.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
10. That is good because we have had an influx of conservatives on here and I thought you were prime #1
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 01:12 PM
Apr 2014

Glad to see that you are at least sensible and not a conservative after all.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
12. Why not?
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 01:38 PM
Apr 2014

You are a fellow liberal and progressive, are you not? I would support you like any DUer 100 percent.

Igel

(35,191 posts)
13. The point stands.
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 07:57 PM
Apr 2014

I have poor kids in my classes whose parents won't sign up for free/reduced meals.

I have kids who show up late and don't get their free/reduced means.

See that part of the graphic that points this kind of thing out?

Then again, I have kids whose parents combined income is well over $200k/year and who come to school hungry. They get up, they fuss with their hair, they pick out their clothes, they text, they meet their boyfriend/girlfriend. Somehow food doesn't enter into the picture. And no parent says, "You, sit, eat this."


Then again, I'd like to see the research behind this. Too often people read the conclusions without noticing the definitions, the sample, and the statistics. It's like the "early childhood intervention" debacle, where EC programs are demanded by everybody when they have a large effect on one group, a significant effect on a somewhat larger group, but have few long-term effects of any size on any group.

 

LeftOfWest

(482 posts)
18. Yes. Agree. You get it.
Tue May 27, 2014, 02:51 AM
May 2014

Clearly get the 99% of us struggling to make it in this 'real' world the thugs have created.

Thank you, great post.

Hell hole indeed, to all of them.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
2. If we can't afford to feed and educate our children, to heal our sick or care for our elderly ...
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 06:55 AM
Apr 2014

... just what is it the defense budget is defending?

mercuryblues

(14,489 posts)
4. the school
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 07:08 AM
Apr 2014

lunch program was signed into law in 1946 by Truman in response to men being denied entry into the military (during WW2) because of diet related health problems.

My personal opinion, this program should be under the defense department, not the farm bill. If it was placed under the defense budget, there would be no question of funding. Even though I don't like the idea of kids being fattened up for war, I am willing to over look it because kids will be fed. To me that is more important than the why.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
16. You can test this yourself by not eating for a couple of days--
Tue May 20, 2014, 05:36 PM
May 2014

--and then taking on a complex work-related problem.

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