A few months ago, the blogosphere was
in a tizzy over an episode
in which a North Carolina «government inspector» allegedly forced a child to
trade in her home -
packed lunch of a turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice because the meal did not meet U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines; instead the child was forced to take the school meal of chicken nuggets.
When you
pack a
lunch, there's always the danger that your kid will
trade away their healthy food for junk food, or that they'll mooch off a friend and you'll find the same bag of carrots sitting
in their
lunch box day after day.