So your solution is to prosecute the working poor because they're too poor to take days off work?

I can play the game of twisting words around, too. So your solution is to turn a blind eye to child neglect or abuse if it's committed by poor people because they're too stupid to make arrangements for supervision and food just like they do every summer when school is not in session? Very sociopathic of you.

If kids are in that dire straits at home, they need to be removed from the home. Parents already get shitloads in food stamps and child care assistance from DHS if they're poor. If kids are going hungry or being left alone unattended, parents aren't parenting.