During a segment on Fox & Friends, therapist and school counselor Thomas Kersting told host Gretchen Carlson that he approved of a New Jersey school district’s plan to reportedly “throw the meal away” if kids didn’t have enough money to pay for lunch.
“I agree with the superintendent,” he said. “I think it’s a little harsh. You know, I don’t think they’re going to throw the food out right in front of the kid and embarrass the kid.”
Gretchen Carlson asked Kersting if he “had a problem with the fact
that the kids ultimately end up being punished in this situation when it
really is the parents’ fault.”
Kersting explained, “Again, I think it is misleading that the kids
are going to be punished. We have more food than any other nation. You
know, no kid is going to starve. You know, if one day a kid doesn’t have
lunch, right, maybe that’s a teaching moment when that kid doesn’t have
lunch. That may sound harsh saying that, but we’ve got to get people to
start being responsible for themselves.”
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