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It occurred to me that a food drive would be a natural way to talk to kids about hunger, which so many of them simply aren't aware of.

Feeding my children is not like feeding myself: it matters more.

How can you satisfy your hunger while your neighbor is spending the night hungry?

I don't encourage kids to eat sugar, but I do it.

One in four kids in the U.S. faces hunger.

Being a mom, I am even more inspired to really help make a difference. I can't imagine what it would be like if my child didn't have a meal to eat.

As a parent, I know how difficult it can be to encourage your kids to eat well.

The key thing is to educate not just kids but adults about what goes into food. You do that in any way you can, bread machine or not.

I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed.

The answers to feeding hungry children is not fewer dollars to feed hungry children, it's to do more. It is to raise the minimum wage. It is to increase, not dismantle, the earned income tax credit. It is to make college more affordable for more middle class families, not more expensive. These are the things that grow our middle class.