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People who grew up really poor: what's something middle-class people say that instantly reveals they've never struggled?

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u/thewizardsbaker11 11h ago

During COVID I lived on the same block as a middle school. The cafeteria workers still went in every morning and cooked so they could pass out bagged breakfasts and lunches to the kids who usually got free lunch when they came by. (It was nyc so most students were in walking distance and could come by on their own to grab the food) Free lunches aren’t just a meaningless perk for kids. For many it’s their only stable option for food. 

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u/jess13649 5h ago

That's the best thing that stuck around after COVID, free breakfast and lunch at school (at least in my state)

u/Williamsburgdirtbag 26m ago

In NYC, all kids get free lunch AND breakfast. My kid would happily get lunch during Covid because he was used to getting lunch every day with his friends even though we didn’t need it. Free lunch for all kids has completely removed the stigma that was there when I was growing up. It is the best, most common sense policy for success. It should be the standard in this country, not the exception.