Schools have become the answer to hungry kids because it is the only way to ensure the kids are eating. I don't know if this is a problem or not, but I get the sense that taxpayers don't trust poor parents enough to say, hand over a food coupon that would let them get breakfast food and serve it at home for their kids. The general attitude is that we definitely have an obligation to feed children, who are born into vastly different circumstances through no action of their own. Adults... maybe less of an obligation, as they make choices. I get the sense that school breakfast is a way to meet the obligation to children without creating drama from those who want to make sure lazy adults don't also get a handout.