Summer Motivation Act Research Paper

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Summer Starvation Act
Have the students or classmates that always eat the school lunch because they are hungry ever cross your mind? DId you ever wonder if they eat at home and how would they eat during breaks such as winter or spring but most importantly the summer? Well it’s a serious problem and needs to be stopped because the children need to eat. The problem is that some parents probably aren’t financially stable and some just don’t have time and are too busy trying to deal with other things like bills and maintaining jobs .
First, some parents can’t afford enough food for their children depending on their salaries. In the article it states “For a significant number of Americans, the cost of an additional meal for two school-age children

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