Hunger Stops Here
I’ve learned many things about the kids my daughter goes to public school with. For example, more of the girls than the boys play hockey (a point of pride for this mother of a hockey-playing girl), the twins are genetically identical but physically dissimilar (I get a refresher at every classmate’s birthday party) and one kid is severely allergic to sesame (so we help keep him safe by avoiding seeded breads in packed lunches). What’s harder to figure out, though, is which of the 23 kids in Isobel’s class go to school hungry. Studies indicate that nearly one-third of Canadian elementary school students—which amounts to seven of Isobel’s friends—face the day without the benefit of a healthful breakfast; by high school, the proportion of kids missing breakfast jumps to 62 percent. These…
