[user104658]

It's infantilizing. I don't have a huge amount more to say about than that. Benefits should be paid in cash / by bank transfer, I don't even agree with the idea of food stamps. If parents on benefits aren't feeding their children properly with the money they get, then they are being neglectful, and that's a whole separate issue that isn't going to be solved by cutting their money and sending them a crate of carrots.