Millions of children experience food insecurity in the US every year. If what we know about food and brain development, alarm bells should be ringing. Instead I

Millions of children experience food insecurity in the US every year. If what we know about food and brain development, alarm bells should be ringing. Instead I have a not so fond memory of people fighting to end the practice of providing breakfast and lunches at schools. I recently started college at 38 as an adult who grew up in a poverty stricken area. Food insecurity was a problem in my childhood. Thing like sitting food like milk in between the screen door to avoid running the fridge during the winter. Or hitting up food Pantry's at the local churches. Interestingly my "case study" I had to write for academic writing was on the link between finance and health. After all my reading and research about nutrition, toxic stress, and environmental conditions I'm surprised that I made it. All that to say, food insecurity doesn't come up often in the conversation. How does a poor kid with shitty parents who don't feed him develop a working brain? And is it their fault if their mental shortcomings effect their mental stability and behavior as a adolescent?