Hunger affects children and adults alike, regardless of
nationality, race, religion or sexual orientation. I have experienced teaching children who have
come to school hungry. There last meal
was the 2:00pm snack they had a school the day before. When children are hungry it makes it
difficult for them to concentrate and learn necessary material. We are very lucky to have the governments
support in this day and time to help assist in feeding these children. Children walk through my school doors and are
presented with a hot breakfast. This is
a luxury that has not always existed; children would be hungry and be required
to function in the classroom setting.
The very thought of a child lying in bed not being able to sleep because
their stomach is empty is a thought that does not set well with me. Hunger directly affects children and their
biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial development because every thought and
action is consumed by the need for food and how to get it. Hunger is the same in every country. The difference being how the their particular government deals with hunger issues. If you’re hungry you hungry, and as Americans
we must strive to continue to push the government to take care of our children
and families right here in the United States.
No child should go to bed hungry.
There are resources available to families. Early childhood professionals should make
every effort to assist families with knowing which resources are available and
where to get the assistance needed.
I can only imagine the feeling of being hungry all the time. As a child that has to be the hardest thing to deal with. I enjoy working in the Head Start program at my center because we work with many different types of families from low to higher incomes. My center provide services for families that help families with food assistance, job search, child care, mental resources and evaluation programs. The key to the success of these programs is the way we as teachers monitor and observe families on a daily basis. many times parents will not tell you what is going on, so stepping up and identifying the issues with a solution has been very affective in helping needy families.
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