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I had to pay for my lunch...but didn't always have money. It builds character for kids to not always get what you want whether you can pay for it or not. My parents tried hard to give me the money every day. Once I was about 8 or 9 years old and could make my own choices, I usually saved my money and skipped lunch (for college some day).

We had no breakfast available. Our lunch was in a cafeteria where our only choice was whole milk or buttermilk. If you were bussed in like I was, your day stared at 5AM (on the bus) and ended at 5:30 PM (off the bus). If you played sports or any other after school activity, it was later. If no lunch money, you simply did not eat until you got home. We had no fat kids.