I think the "unbalanced" part of it is that you can let your family go a turn of "Cold" and "Hungry", feed them the next turn, then they'll be back to OK. That'

I think the "unbalanced" part of it is that you can let your family go a turn of "Cold" and "Hungry", feed them the next turn, then they'll be back to OK. That's what I did my second playthrough at least; I ended it with a savings of $80 =P