A cheese sandwich is punishment?

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Janie looks forward to pizza day or hamburger day or whatever her favorite is at the moment. So, here she is in the lunch line with her friends; hungry and excited because they are having her favorite that day. Her friends get their trays all with the favored food. They hand her a cheese sandwich. And everyone knows that Janie's mom hasn't paid for her lunch in 10 days or whatever. Do you really think Janie doesn't care?? Do you really think Janie doesn't feel about 2 inches tall? And all for that expensive piece of cheese pizza. Janie's parents may be deadbeats, but exactly what is Janie supposed to do about it?

I'm sorry but I just can't put the feelings of the "paying parents" before a child.

Janie's hurt feelings are not the school's or other (paying)parents problems, they are HER OWN PARENTS problem. If her feelings are so imortant to them, then they should pay for her to get her pizza. Maybe Janie should tell her parents that is their job to be responsible for her, not the school's.
Do I feel bad for kids whose parents can't afford lunch, sure, but I don't feel bad because they get to eat a (free for them) cheese sandwich when everybody else has to pay for their pizza.