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melannen ([personal profile] melannen) wrote in [community profile] agonyaunt 2022-05-20 06:42 pm (UTC)

Yeah, that whole bit pinged me as super wrong, but I think it was so wrong that I was trying to convince myself I'd missed something. "solve the problem without having to endure an uncomfortable encounter with his dad," "you don’t want to come off as a white savior" (how is skipping the guardians and going right to the authorities going to come off *less* as being a white saviour???)

If the only evidence you have of food insecurity is snacking after school, look, every kid I knew growing up was hungry until dinnertime, that's not food insecurity. But it sounds like he might have said enough other things for it to be legit concerning? In which case it seems like the obvious next step, after feeding him every chance you get, is to try to get to know the rest of the household better so you can do a better job of being a good neighbor to them (maybe start with encouraging him to invite the cousin over?)

(If the father is working long hours it's possible the great grandfather is not doing well themself and the father actually doesn't know how bad it is, but in that case you're still better off getting to know the family first!)

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