Not sure where that comment is going. This is surely a good thing but it is a drop in a bucket. Adequate social policy is not remedied by one good act. Until every child has access to food at school, there is nothing really to celebrate. Which let’s be real, won’t be happening any time soon.
We can still celebrate progress, especially at the state level. We certainly shouldn’t throw up a Mission Accomplished banner when the same people who refused to feed children in the recent past are going to roadblock efforts in their states.
That’s basically how I feel. People work hard to make progress like this. Is it depressing that we even need to fight for basic nutrition for children? Absolutely! But if we always react to that progress with cynicism and negativity, it might lead folks to work a little less hard next time.
Not sure where that comment is going. This is surely a good thing but it is a drop in a bucket. Adequate social policy is not remedied by one good act. Until every child has access to food at school, there is nothing really to celebrate. Which let’s be real, won’t be happening any time soon.
We can still celebrate progress, especially at the state level. We certainly shouldn’t throw up a Mission Accomplished banner when the same people who refused to feed children in the recent past are going to roadblock efforts in their states.
That’s basically how I feel. People work hard to make progress like this. Is it depressing that we even need to fight for basic nutrition for children? Absolutely! But if we always react to that progress with cynicism and negativity, it might lead folks to work a little less hard next time.