Broadly speaking, “lunch shaming” refers to the overt identification and stigmatization of any student who does not have money to buy a school meal. While the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) narrowly applies this overt identification to students who are eligible for free or reduced lunch, in practice legal lunch shaming occurs against students whose family income exceeds free or reduced lunch eligibility thresholds. The purpose of lunch shaming is to embarrass a student and parent(s) so that a school lunch debt is paid quickly, in turn reducing a school’s financial burden.
Sources: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/youn ... h-shaming/
As we all know school lunch shaming is a problem in American schools and I want to discuss how we can prevent school lunch shaming and how we can provide lunch to children whose family can't afford to pay for school lunches because they're poor.
In my opinion I think school lunch shaming is disrespectful to both the student and their family. And I think schools shouldn't be shaming a student and their family because their poor to afford it. While I understand why schools need lunch money, there needs to be a better away to get the lunch money without shaming the student and their family.
What is your opinion on school lunch shaming NSG? And what are some ways to prevent this type of shaming?