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>I feel like our system works fine though and since I’ve seen the garbage that American children are fed I think it’s actually better this way

I'm canadian and i'm always tired of this smug "we're better than the americans" attitude. It's quite ignorant of the facts and lazy to addressing our problems.

Why is the best way not "provide a healthy meal (or two) in a centralized way"?

Cafeterias can produce healthy meals efficiently and cheaply, compared to distributing that labor to every parent.

And then you don't need to monitor kids for parents not providing meals, which eliminates a whole cost.

And worst of all, no kids should have to not eat because their parents fucked up. It sets them so far behind. Every meal a kid misses is a failure on all of us.

> In Canada we don’t feed kids at school. If a kid doesn’t bring lunch, it’s their parents fault. If that happens frequently it’s considered child abuse

Why is this system better than:

Feed kids at school. If a school doesn't do it it's their fault. If it happens frequently the director is fired.