When I was taking care of my friend's pets, naturally, one of the important jobs was giving the little guys their victuals.  Twice a day, for the doggies, and whenever her bowl was empty for the cat. 

I would fill her bowl, and I would watch to see whether she was eating her food.  She was quite picky, and sometimes she would take a quick sniff, and go down from the Feeding table, and go off looking for some other entertainment.  But some times she would  eat the food!  At times like that, I would be so pleased, that I wondered whether this was what parents felt to see their babies eat their food!  It is a strangely satisfying thing; and you get an inkling of a mother's instinct to feed little kids—be they her own, or the children of others—until they can eat no more!

One thing many School districts do well, is to feed underprivileged grade schoolers at least one square meal each school day.  During Covid, we learned that when schools were closed down, to prevent spreading infection, kids went hungry, without school lunches.  Of course, middle-class kids famously despise the free school lunches.  That's the foolishness of extreme youth.  They should hope that the day would never come when they're starving so desperately that they would be glad for that free lunch. 

Kay