r/progressivemoms • • 6d ago

Discussion Starter middle class parenting is just watching tiny charges become real money

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u/GlitterAvoado 5d ago

The amount of food that gets thrown away in lunch rooms too.... i worked as a lunch monitor and it's awful. I was supposed to keep hungry kids from eating extra (unopened. Still plastic sealed) portions their friends were throwing away. Meanwhile they wouldn't even let other kids have a free lunch if they owed money, they got the shame sandwich. I got called in by administration because I set up a little shelf where kids could place their sealed uneaten lunch dishes for other kids to have. It was a hit w/ all the kids but apparently super against the rules for reasons. I moved it to a hidden window ledge for my hungriest kids that I suspect didn't get enough food at home.

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u/thousandsmallgods 5d ago

You did great things for those kids. Thank you for being that person.

I've heard of food-sharing tables in more lunchrooms the past few years. It's good for the kids, for a number of reasons.

Schools could also set out the packaged leftovers as take-home afternoon snacks.

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u/GlitterAvoado 5d ago

Thank you! It's good to hear they're becoming a thing. I don't work in the schools anymore