I think everybody here agrees that a decent breakfast helps a student to focus at school.  

Empathy is a great thing, it helps to understand the root causes of a problem behavior.   But we have to be careful not to just treat the symptoms of a problem, but to look for root causes and address those.

So let's try it.   Why are children coming to school without a breakfast?  

I'll toss one out.   

1. Single parent is working or heading to work in the morning.