Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds

Re:Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds by Balgair on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @01:29PM (#24355565)

We had three lunches per day, mostly overlapping with other classes. As in, you were either on A, B, or C lunch while the other kids were in class. Often, A lunch wasn't prepared yet and C lunch didn't have enough by the end of it. This was a chronic condition in a few CA schools when I attended.

My SO was a teacher for a few years too. Despite Free and Reduced Lunch (FRL) being offered and encouraged, many kids' parents still could not be bothered to sign their kids up until late in the year. My SO kept food in the drawers of the desk for these kids. In addition, FRL did not cover the weekends, so many kids would come in on Monday having not eaten for that weekend. Though not common, it was again chronic with these kids.

Food scarcity in the US is still very much a 'thing', unfortunately.

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Re:Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds by badrabbit on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @01:40PM (#24355678)

I remember being very hungry most of the day. If I ate, it was usually because I had enough change to buy junk-food snacks from a vending machine. I didn't know until recently other people also had similar experiences.

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