<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Philly’s universal school lunch program lives on—for now]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Catmoves http://www.grist.org/article/phillys-universal-school-lunch-program-catches-a-break/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:21:17 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/phillys-universal-school-lunch-program-catches-a-break/1 "Universal Feeding school lunch program"?

Philadelphia wants to feed the world's school children?

Oh, BTW, whatever happened to kids taking their lunch to school in brown paper bags? Those bags Moms used to fill with nutritious and wholesome food? At very low cost. And sharing your lunch with kids who had "forgotten" theirs?

Now, it seems, the nanny society doesn't think moms and dads should work and supply breakfasts and lunches to their kids. Hey, folks, if you can't afford to feed them, just stop getting preggers.

Do we ever have any statistics supplied on the households who "can't afford" to feed their own children? Bet it would be interesting.

]]> "Universal Feeding school lunch program"?

Philadelphia wants to feed the world's school children?

Oh, BTW, whatever happened to kids taking their lunch to school in brown paper bags? Those bags Moms used to fill with nutritious and wholesome food? At very low cost. And sharing your lunch with kids who had "forgotten" theirs?

Now, it seems, the nanny society doesn't think moms and dads should work and supply breakfasts and lunches to their kids. Hey, folks, if you can't afford to feed them, just stop getting preggers.

Do we ever have any statistics supplied on the households who "can't afford" to feed their own children? Bet it would be interesting.

]]> Comment #2 by Storm Dragon http://www.grist.org/article/phillys-universal-school-lunch-program-catches-a-break/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:59:23 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/phillys-universal-school-lunch-program-catches-a-break/2 I agree, a healthy homemade lunch is generally a better option than the school cafeteria, and is greatly to be encouraged.  Owing to the sorry state of the economy, however, an increasing number of parents are out of work, and finding it hard to feed their families.  Sometimes, they may have to choose between buying food and paying the rent.  It's all very well to tell people not to have babies if they can't feed them, but this does nothing to help the children already born, whose families have fallen on hard times.

]]> I agree, a healthy homemade lunch is generally a better option than the school cafeteria, and is greatly to be encouraged.  Owing to the sorry state of the economy, however, an increasing number of parents are out of work, and finding it hard to feed their families.  Sometimes, they may have to choose between buying food and paying the rent.  It's all very well to tell people not to have babies if they can't feed them, but this does nothing to help the children already born, whose families have fallen on hard times.

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