When I was growing up, there wasn't much money (or food) and we were often hungry. My mum had to budget and plan every meal a week in advance. Most of the food in the cupboard was for meals (vegetables, meat, etc) and then some was not to be included in meals (bread, crackers, biscuits). We soon learned to avoid anything that looked like it was going to be part of a main meal because, if you ate it, the whole family went without a meal. That would have been classed as stealing. But having the last slice of bread wouldn't.
I do get that morality is slightly different when you're living hand-to-mouth.
If a child is sneaking food, is it stealing?
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When I was growing up, there wasn't much money (or food) and we were often hungry. My mum had to budget and plan every meal a week in advance. Most of the food in the cupboard was for meals (vegetables, meat, etc) and then some was not to be included in meals (bread, crackers, biscuits). We soon learned to avoid anything that looked like it was going to be part of a main meal because, if you ate it, the whole family went without a meal. That would have been classed as stealing. But having the last slice of bread wouldn't.
I do get that morality is slightly different when you're living hand-to-mouth.