Throwing away the meal in front of the child? What a tremendous idea. Nothing motivates and nurtures a child like humiliation and hunger.

Shout outs to the lunch ladies and men at my inner city school that used to give away, and give beyond the mandated filling of food to the students at 7th and 8th peroid instead of throwing it away infront of hungry kids.

I know, for some reason I see a hungry child unable to afford lunch as a problem in need of a solution instead of an opportunity for punishment. It’s weird.

$11 food credit limit

Look at you with all your sense making.

As a kid who often got their only meal at school...i hate watching food go in the trash.

So, here’s a crazy idea: when a kid reaches a certain amount of lunch debt, a social worker or school administrator reaches out to the kid’s family to try to find out why: is the kid going to school with lunch money every day and getting it taken on the way to school? Are they just spending it on chips in the morning?…

“Bowden says if a kid’s over their limit, she was instructed to take their usual food tray and throw it in the garbage.”

It’s not like we are the wealthiest country in the history of the world and can just go feeding kids willy-nilly.

I was just thinking that both our countries need to have a universal school lunch program.. This is ridiculous.

Throw it away rather than feed it to a hungry kid - oh, wait - a mooching entitled drain on society! Murika! Fuck us all.

However, it comes back to the daughter later, when Mom gets to the point where she needs help with healthcare, housework, transportation... That’s the main reason why we stayed within 60 miles of “home” after all the other family members moved to the coasts. Someone had to be around, and that someone ended up being…

both my mom and stepmom have offered to retire from their jobs if I would stop holding my uterus hostage and give them grandbabies already.... seriously, they’ve worked it out so I don’t even have to see the kid(s) if I don’t want to, just incubate them.

I love them... but they’re gonna have to wait.

My mom still works full time herself, but my MIL is a huge help to me and my husband with our 3 year old. In fact she’s coming to stay with us tonight, since husband and I both have to work tomorrow and preschool is closed. I do not take that shit for granted either, because I know a lot of people don’t have parents…

My family and I moved 4 years ago to be down the block from my parents. After 5 years of being 1500 miles away, I can say that it is awesome. Being back in your hometown, however, I cannot really attest to.

Not planning on children, but I love that she and I live close enough (20 minute walk/5 minute drive) for an emergency ‘I forgot sugar, can you drop some off on your way home from work’ or an ‘I’ve had a shitty day, want to swing by for a martini and cigarillo?’. Also for pet care when either of us are on vacation!…

My mom followed me on my mover to Chicago. My husband and I had a baby last May. Because my mom is so close (1 mile) she's been the primary care taker of our little dude. This has meant that I can work an extra year, get shit done, and not feel like a hot mess all the time. Whatever weirdness I felt having her live so…

My mother and stepmother are the reason I was able to work and actually make money that didn't go to pay for daycare. If it weren't for their help, my husband and I would've struggle so much more. I am so lucky and I know it.

Moms <3