"Why don't we just let them eat?" because food costs money,
The kids get a free meal. But if they want filet mignon and caviar, they have to pay extra.
The author was complaining that the free meal was a "cold meal". They're whining that instead of parents making their kids a cold lunch or the cafeteria supplying a free cold lunch, that kids should be getting hot, fresh out of the oven meals for free.
Either way, if a parent can't send their kids to school with food, then they shouldn't have kids.
Not_C 2 points 4 hours ago
The kids get a free meal.
But if they want filet mignon and caviar, they have to pay extra.
The author was complaining that the free meal was a "cold meal". They're whining that instead of parents making their kids a cold lunch or the cafeteria supplying a free cold lunch, that kids should be getting hot, fresh out of the oven meals for free.
Either way, if a parent can't send their kids to school with food, then they shouldn't have kids.