With children, it's worse. Three million children in the US are "food insecure" and 30 million (!!!) qualify for free school lunches [1], often their only source for a warm and healthy meal, and in some places where school meals aren't free parents have to go into debt with the threat of losing custody looming over them [2].

From my German POV this is an absolute insanity.

[1] https://www.insider.com/us-states-with-the-highest-number-of...

[2] https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/20/us/pennsylvania-school-lu...