During elementary school, I lived close to home, so I'd walk home for lunch every day and get a nice, hot, home cooked lunch. I remember after some time, a couple of close friends that lived further from their homes would come with me and my mom would feed all of us.
In junior high, I lived further and packed Western style lunches (sandwiches, etc) but I never enjoyed it as much as a Chinese lunch, so after a while, my parents started packing Chinese food for me to heat up which I loved. I remember hearing from other parents that they tried doing the same with their kids, but they'd get embarrassed when non-Asian kids would tease them for bringing Asian food, but I rarely experienced that so didn't even give it a second thought. The rare times I ever heard anything, I just looked at their plain sandwiches and was just happy I had what I brought instead!
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