Kids living below the breadline say they have watched their parents skip meals as families struggle in the the coronavirus pandemic. Parents told a charity they pretended they weren't hungry when they couldn't put enough food on the table during lockdown. One youngster told the Food Foundation "mum is receiving those school meal vouchers because she tends not to eat so she has enough for me.” Another kid confided they were worried about their mum's job, telling interviewers "she only eats a little”. Parents admitted fibbing they had already eaten to try to ease their kids' worries when they skipped meals, the charity's executive director Anna Taylor told the Mirror. The Food Foundation interviewed parents and kids aged between eight to 17 during the Christmas period. It comes as fresh government figures show one in five kids in low income households had already experienced going hungry just before the pandemic hit. The UK's 20 worst areas for child poverty - see the … [Read more...] about Worried kids watch mums skip meals as two million go to bed hungry during pandemic