Did you see Hazel? The super morbidly obese 12 year old fupa loompa with 2 pizzas and three bags of food?  Well, it's obese cunt of a mother wrote this, it's all bullshit and "feel sorry fer meh" garbage. Perhaps she could afford to feed those kids she mindlessly popped out without being financially sound, if they didn't weigh as much as an SUV per family member.  She writes:  I am the parent of Hazel, one of the children mentioned in the article, and I think it is important to make a distinction here. Children who qualify for free or reduced lunches are not affected. Children whose parents are living quite comfortably, or have the time to prepare lunches for their kids are not affected. It is families who make too much to qualify for assistance yet struggle between paychecks to find the balance that suffer from the lunch shaming policy. When I went back to school as the mother of four young children, I was fortunate to have a supportive husband who worked two, even three jobs, and is a professional. However, between my part time work and full time studies, his three jobs, and living in our poor state we struggled to make sure that everyone had food money in their lunch accounts. It is not as simple as sending the kid to school with a few bucks, it is having the funds to make payments online available, and at times there was a lapse. And trust me, when your kid comes home in tears, you are shamed quite enough as a parent. I would also like to clarify that this legislation, the "No Hungry School Kids Bill of Rights," does not relieve the parent of their financial obligation to the school lunch provider, it simply removes the kid from the equation and allows them to eat. I am encouraged by the many comments showing compassion and empathy, sickened by those who are so quick to judge parents.