No to Healthier School Lunches

[heslopian]

In hindsight my argument could be construed as a call for mandatory sterilisation, which I promise it isn't (Though if the armband fits...) That said I don't think it's unreasonable to ask (not force) parents to make sure they're at least financially secure enough to feed their child three square meals a day before pro-creating. I find it kind of shocking that some kids rely on the free school dinners program for their most substantial daily meal. It also annoys me that people seem to be more in uproar about school dinners than they are the lack of books and equipment. I can't help but think that if my school focused less on appeasing health Nazis we'd have been able to work with textbooks which didn't have knobs drawn all over them.

That would work as long as you knew you had a job until you retired. Most of us don't have that luxury. When my daughter was born I was making $35,000 a year, my ex husband $75,000. Due to financial downturns several times since then, I am now, 21 years later, making less than $35,000 a year, and my ex husband has not had a job in close to 4 years.....so what should I have done at the first sign of financial hardship - return my daughter?

Again, I don't agree with forcing anyone to do anything. During times of financial hardship there should be systems in place to help parents get the money they need to raise their children, which I imagine in most developed countries there are. I just think when planning a family you should make sure you have enough cash to feed your child. Why is such a simple request regarded as fascism? If your circumstances change through no fault of your own then fine, of course you deserve help feeding and clothing the child(ren) you have, but such support shouldn't be the responsibility of the schools. That's what welfare is for. The government gives you money to pay your bills and feed your kids. If a parent is too lazy to spend the money they're given on cooking nutritious meals then that's their problem and they have no place raising kids.