"aem" > wrote in message
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> Glitter Ninja wrote:
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> > A former co-worker of mine used to brag about how once her kids were 8
> > and 10, respectively, she stopped cooking. Said they stopped having
> > dinner and everyone was on their own. She once admitted to eating a bag
> > of Milk Duds for dinner. Her husband routinely ate microwave popcorn
> > for dinner and her daughters learned to mooch off neighbors or eat
> > microwave mac and cheese. [snip the rest of sad tale]
>
> You say she bragged about this? What admirable quality did she think
> she was displaying by this abdication of responsibility for her
> children? I mean, what did she think she had to brag about? -aem

I agree...sheesh, she's lucky CPS didn't take the kids from her - I'm pretty
sure that parents are responsible for *feeding* their minor children. Isn't
that a rule or something?

Lisa Ann
Childless - but I feed my cat!
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