Comments on: Confessions of a Welfare Mom

by: Emma

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:00:51 +0000

Haha… I’m in high school and I still enjoy a Lunchable every now and then… Only the pizza and cracker ones though. School lunch food isn’t that bad, at least when there’s choices. I usually steer away from the food the school makes (scary) and instead go for packaged things like cereal, yogurt, and those bagged apple things. If I was a mom, I would totally spring on that deal. Lunchables are usually so pricy! I don’t think I’ll have a particular excuse to be on welfare then, but I’d still allow my kid a (monthly?) Lunchable. She’s not gonna flop over and die or anything.

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Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:51:25 +0000

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by: Julie

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:41:19 +0000

I am right there with you. It is so hard to be a good mother, sole provider, handyman, therapist, and have the weight the world on our shoulders…and knowing we are doing the most important job in the whole world we are raising children.

by: Steve

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:45:35 +0000

(What would Martha Do?)

by: Wacky Mommy

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:28:22 +0000

“All of the credit, none of the guilt.” — Wacky Mommy’s mantra.

You’re doing fine.

by: davido

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:35:26 +0000

Hi, first time reader woohoo!

Don’t feel guilty for a minute! The thing is: if you go through pains to make her a nutritious lunch, she may not even eat it. Oh, except for the chips. My kids like lunchables now and then. My wife the nutrition freak even buys them.

Not to intrude, but can’t she get free or reduced lunch at school? Yeah, I know, still more poison, but tasty poison.

Good luck, david

by: webmaster

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:52:21 +0000

Kirs, You’ve MET my daughter. She doesn’t do chicken noodle soup, let alone lentils. She’s all over those Lunchables, though.

by: Kirsten

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:42:53 +0000

You moral reprobate. You should be forcibly sterilized ;-> You *could* probably create lunch for a dollar though…how does your daughter feel about lentil soup?

Hee.

by: Lady M

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:02:01 +0000

I used to think Lunchables were so cute (all those fun shapes in tidy cubby spaces) until I actually tried to eat one. Ick. But eight year olds feel differently, I’m sure! I don’t think I could have passed up the sale either.

by: ann adams

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:08:10 +0000

Lunchables are right up there with Walmart.

I can agree on principle that I should never shop there but then I look at the huge jug of laundry soap for $6.00 as opposed to the smaller one elsewhere for $2.00 more (at least). My principles be damned.

Same thing with Lunchables. We do what we must to keep our families fed, clothed, and with a non-leaky roof over their heads.

When I had to decide between the free breakfasts and lunches at school and preparing a wholesome, satisfying, nutritious (blah, blah, blah) meal, there was no contest. I was saving the financial equivalent of 30 meals a week.