[HiTech RedNeck]

So weird, though. Roles have gotten twisted and ossified into caricatures of what the good Lord intended life on earth to be like.

Feed the kid... and send a bill home with him. Might be paid, might not, but at least they tried to close the loop. Deduct that from foodstamps if need be... that would be an appropriate link (no pun intended).

[erkelly]

My mother was a teacher, began teaching during WW2. She was horrified at the thought of a child in her classroom ever going hungry, and she would always pay for any child's meal and/or milk break. She said it happened because the parents had no money, or it because the child lost her lunch money or forgot it. If it was the latter, a sheep-faced parent would show up and reimburse her. If the former, she would usually get a thank you note. She said all of her colleagues always felt the same way. How things have changed!