During the Covid lockdowns in Michigan, with Big Gretch at the helm, nearly everyone with children of any age was compelled to receive the school lunches “so that we can continue to get funding for the children who actually need it.” So, we dutifully received what a friend dropped off at our door each week, for our 2 year old. Who promptly turned up his nose at all of it. (Smart kid, he is.) My husband and I were appalled. We grew up in the 80s and 90s with our mothers packing our lunch boxes every day, so we had no idea. The thought that kids who are already struggling with lack of resources are being offered “whole grain” Froot Loops for breakfast AND snack...and gross pre-cooked breaded chicken patties for lunch...is horrifying, and honestly just...sad. But my husband and I ate some of it because “we didn’t want to be wasteful”, etc. Which promptly earned both of us elevated liver enzymes and subsequent ultrasounds and NAFLD diagnoses. Well. We got our heads on straight, started donating more of the food (is this even ethical? I don’t know) or just outright tossing it, and a year later, all of our labs are completely normal. Number 4bajillion on my list of #askmewhyihomeschool.
During the Covid lockdowns in Michigan, with Big Gretch at the helm, nearly everyone with children of any age was compelled to receive the school lunches “so that we can continue to get funding for the children who actually need it.” So, we dutifully received what a friend dropped off at our door each week, for our 2 year old. Who promptly turned up his nose at all of it. (Smart kid, he is.) My husband and I were appalled. We grew up in the 80s and 90s with our mothers packing our lunch boxes every day, so we had no idea. The thought that kids who are already struggling with lack of resources are being offered “whole grain” Froot Loops for breakfast AND snack...and gross pre-cooked breaded chicken patties for lunch...is horrifying, and honestly just...sad. But my husband and I ate some of it because “we didn’t want to be wasteful”, etc. Which promptly earned both of us elevated liver enzymes and subsequent ultrasounds and NAFLD diagnoses. Well. We got our heads on straight, started donating more of the food (is this even ethical? I don’t know) or just outright tossing it, and a year later, all of our labs are completely normal. Number 4bajillion on my list of #askmewhyihomeschool.