but we cant do that on a case-by-case basis only for the terrible parents because that's discrimination.
we do it all the time for students in school.
IEP = individual education plans. Behavioral plans. Language plans. Emotional and other handicaps. They have paperwork for every possible limitation kids face, and students are given adaptations for it. Assitants helping out, more time on tests, certain technologies, etc. It's happening in every school in the nation.
If a kid has a reeces for lunch, and nothing else, hey... that's abuse, isn't it? Neglect? If children's service (or DC or whatever it is called in each state) were to visit the home, and REECES were the only thing in the fridge to eat, that kid would be taken away pretty quickly and moved to foster care. Schools don't try to interfere that way - they just hand the kid a free lunch, and let him keep his reeces too.
I guess what I'm saying is - all the people screaming about schools seeing poor nutrition and giving the kids free food to supplement their meal - Are you guys also that mad that state agencies will put a kid in foster care if he's eating the same thing for dinner? LOL if anything, schools aren't doing enough, if this is the case.