Snack policy with tweens?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For other parents of 10 - 13 year old boys, are you really finding that if you let your kids snack, they don't come to meals hungry?

This was a concern for me when my kids were little, but honestly, I think that my 10 and 13 year olds could eat an entire meal at 6 p.m. and if I served a second meal at 7:00 they'd eat just the same.

Most 13-year-olds, boys in particular, can eat a horse and then eat a cow 2 hours later. We have rail frail wasps here projecting their own food issues onto their kids. It comes out of fear that another wasp frail friend might comment that her kid "gasp" might have pudged up! (read, his collar bone is not protruding like he just left drug addiction program) Then, we get a post wondering why her kid gained a few and is no longer 70lbs at 13 years old! And how to get him to lose a bit of a belly!
Yes, we really have posts like that stating that a kid has man boobs and is not even 90lbs!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve always wondered who has chips and cookies around the house all the time. I thought only tv families did that. Like does anyone have an actual cookie jar?

I don’t have a jar but we always have chips ahoy soft baked cookies and several cans of Pringle’s and milanos at any given time 24/7. Why not? We otherwise are healthy and exercise regularly.

I didn't know there were actual people who ate these things with enough frequency to have an actual jar for them. I also don't understand how McDonalds stays in business. Like WHO eats that except in an emergency?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve always wondered who has chips and cookies around the house all the time. I thought only tv families did that. Like does anyone have an actual cookie jar?

I don’t have a jar but we always have chips ahoy soft baked cookies and several cans of Pringle’s and milanos at any given time 24/7. Why not? We otherwise are healthy and exercise regularly.

I didn't know there were actual people who ate these things with enough frequency to have an actual jar for them. I also don't understand how McDonalds stays in business. Like WHO eats that except in an emergency?

People, normal people eat THAT! Meaning cookies and McDonald's. Insane, eating disordered people like YOU, who are so stupid that they can't comprehend something so simple, don't get that. Not only are you eating disordered, but you are also oblivious to what real life is, for people that are not in your privileged sphere. No doubt your kale bubble makes you feel superior? You clearly need that, as you are so stupid, they don't have IQ tests that go that low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For other parents of 10 - 13 year old boys, are you really finding that if you let your kids snack, they don't come to meals hungry?

This was a concern for me when my kids were little, but honestly, I think that my 10 and 13 year olds could eat an entire meal at 6 p.m. and if I served a second meal at 7:00 they'd eat just the same.

Most 13-year-olds, boys in particular, can eat a horse and then eat a cow 2 hours later. We have rail frail wasps here projecting their own food issues onto their kids. It comes out of fear that another wasp frail friend might comment that her kid "gasp" might have pudged up! (read, his collar bone is not protruding like he just left drug addiction program) Then, we get a post wondering why her kid gained a few and is no longer 70lbs at 13 years old! And how to get him to lose a bit of a belly!
Yes, we really have posts like that stating that a kid has man boobs and is not even 90lbs!

I don’t see a lot of posts like that. Find and paste three threads within 6 months that are like this and I’ll admit you are right. I have tween boys ( one is athletic but neither are overweight) and they absolutely can eat a lot of junk and then not be hungry for dinner. So I think you are generalizing and making stuff up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cracking up at how many of you think a granola bar is junk food.

I mean, it’s definitely not a health food. It’s highly processed, and many are full of sugar.

[Anonymous]

I have not controlled my kids snack habits since they were probably in 3rd and 5th grade. We keep quite a bit of junk food in the house. DH and I both eat in moderation, ensuring we have mostly healthy foods, balancing proteins, vegetables, grains etc., and provide healthy meals to the kids and always have. We exercise and are both fit and healthy. Modeling this for our kids seems to work, or at least help. Though we don't tell them what to have a for snacks, both kids gravitate to the more healthy options--cheese, fruit, yogurt. Neither would grab cookies or dessert type food as snack during the day. Both go for pretty big desserts after dinner, however. They are both healthy athletes who know that they can do that, since they make healthy choices all day and neither feels the need to deprive themselves. This, by the way, is the most thought I have put into my children's snacking, ever, in my life. I don't know how some of you have the time or energy to put that much thought into kids' snacking. It's nuts.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t food and our relationships with it funny? You have people who feel it’s important to curate every bite that goes into their kids’ mouths and others who feel its awful to exert any control at all over what their kids eat. I think the best approach is probably somewhere in the middle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For other parents of 10 - 13 year old boys, are you really finding that if you let your kids snack, they don't come to meals hungry?

This was a concern for me when my kids were little, but honestly, I think that my 10 and 13 year olds could eat an entire meal at 6 p.m. and if I served a second meal at 7:00 they'd eat just the same.

Most 13-year-olds, boys in particular, can eat a horse and then eat a cow 2 hours later. We have rail frail wasps here projecting their own food issues onto their kids. It comes out of fear that another wasp frail friend might comment that her kid "gasp" might have pudged up! (read, his collar bone is not protruding like he just left drug addiction program) Then, we get a post wondering why her kid gained a few and is no longer 70lbs at 13 years old! And how to get him to lose a bit of a belly!
Yes, we really have posts like that stating that a kid has man boobs and is not even 90lbs!

I don’t see a lot of posts like that. Find and paste three threads within 6 months that are like this and I’ll admit you are right. I have tween boys ( one is athletic but neither are overweight) and they absolutely can eat a lot of junk and then not be hungry for dinner. So I think you are generalizing and making stuff up.

As many posts as we have about "my kid is just big boned" we have some parents who are ocd the other way. No time to look for all, but here is a recent one.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/929825.page
My son Gained 20 lbs last month. He's 13, 4'7 and was 70 pounds. Now he is 91. He is at a normal weight still, but is this normal? I noticed a lot of junk food wrappers in his garbage can which I didn't buy. Should I worry? Should I watch his diet? He stopped gaining weight. Now he is chubby and has a pot belly and moobs. He also grew out of a lot of his old clothes and is wearing a Husky Size in pants for his height when i took him shopping last week. I didn't say anything, because he is still at a normal weight, and as i said, he stopped putting on weight. What happened, though?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cracking up at how many of you think a granola bar is junk food.

I mean, it’s definitely not a health food. It’s highly processed, and many are full of sugar.

Go away, you disordered orthorexic fool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve always wondered who has chips and cookies around the house all the time. I thought only tv families did that. Like does anyone have an actual cookie jar?

I don’t have a jar but we always have chips ahoy soft baked cookies and several cans of Pringle’s and milanos at any given time 24/7. Why not? We otherwise are healthy and exercise regularly.

I didn't know there were actual people who ate these things with enough frequency to have an actual jar for them. I also don't understand how McDonalds stays in business. Like WHO eats that except in an emergency?

People, normal people eat THAT! Meaning cookies and McDonald's. Insane, eating disordered people like YOU, who are so stupid that they can't comprehend something so simple, don't get that. Not only are you eating disordered, but you are also oblivious to what real life is, for people that are not in your privileged sphere. No doubt your kale bubble makes you feel superior? You clearly need that, as you are so stupid, they don't have IQ tests that go that low.

kale is disgusting and besides there is a lot of real estate between kale and McDs. I mean you can get a whole chicken for like $1 a pound. We dont eat like Tom brady over here but like that stuff is literal garbage.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve always wondered who has chips and cookies around the house all the time. I thought only tv families did that. Like does anyone have an actual cookie jar?

I don’t have a jar but we always have chips ahoy soft baked cookies and several cans of Pringle’s and milanos at any given time 24/7. Why not? We otherwise are healthy and exercise regularly.

I didn't know there were actual people who ate these things with enough frequency to have an actual jar for them. I also don't understand how McDonalds stays in business. Like WHO eats that except in an emergency?

People, normal people eat THAT! Meaning cookies and McDonald's. Insane, eating disordered people like YOU, who are so stupid that they can't comprehend something so simple, don't get that. Not only are you eating disordered, but you are also oblivious to what real life is, for people that are not in your privileged sphere. No doubt your kale bubble makes you feel superior? You clearly need that, as you are so stupid, they don't have IQ tests that go that low.

kale is disgusting and besides there is a lot of real estate between kale and McDs. I mean you can get a whole chicken for like $1 a pound. We dont eat like Tom brady over here but like that stuff is literal garbage.

Please go away. You are upsetting me with your entitled ignorance and idiocy. To many poor kids, McDonald's is a treat. Don't call food that people eat literally garbage. It only makes you sound like garbage.
You should learn one thing, never judge what people eat. You are blessed that you have food, others do not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve always wondered who has chips and cookies around the house all the time. I thought only tv families did that. Like does anyone have an actual cookie jar?

I don’t have a jar but we always have chips ahoy soft baked cookies and several cans of Pringle’s and milanos at any given time 24/7. Why not? We otherwise are healthy and exercise regularly.

I didn't know there were actual people who ate these things with enough frequency to have an actual jar for them. I also don't understand how McDonalds stays in business. Like WHO eats that except in an emergency?

People, normal people eat THAT! Meaning cookies and McDonald's. Insane, eating disordered people like YOU, who are so stupid that they can't comprehend something so simple, don't get that. Not only are you eating disordered, but you are also oblivious to what real life is, for people that are not in your privileged sphere. No doubt your kale bubble makes you feel superior? You clearly need that, as you are so stupid, they don't have IQ tests that go that low.

kale is disgusting and besides there is a lot of real estate between kale and McDs. I mean you can get a whole chicken for like $1 a pound. We dont eat like Tom brady over here but like that stuff is literal garbage.

No, it’s not literal garbage. Stop being deliberately obtuse and confused. It’s food that’s readily available, fast to obtain and relatively inexpensive. And consistently tastes good.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve always wondered who has chips and cookies around the house all the time. I thought only tv families did that. Like does anyone have an actual cookie jar?

I don’t have a jar but we always have chips ahoy soft baked cookies and several cans of Pringle’s and milanos at any given time 24/7. Why not? We otherwise are healthy and exercise regularly.

I didn't know there were actual people who ate these things with enough frequency to have an actual jar for them. I also don't understand how McDonalds stays in business. Like WHO eats that except in an emergency?

People, normal people eat THAT! Meaning cookies and McDonald's. Insane, eating disordered people like YOU, who are so stupid that they can't comprehend something so simple, don't get that. Not only are you eating disordered, but you are also oblivious to what real life is, for people that are not in your privileged sphere. No doubt your kale bubble makes you feel superior? You clearly need that, as you are so stupid, they don't have IQ tests that go that low.

kale is disgusting and besides there is a lot of real estate between kale and McDs. I mean you can get a whole chicken for like $1 a pound. We dont eat like Tom brady over here but like that stuff is literal garbage.

No, it’s not literal garbage. Stop being deliberately obtuse and confused. It’s food that’s readily available, fast to obtain and relatively inexpensive. And consistently tastes good.

Sorry it is garbage. It is leftover cows and chicken and filled with fat, sugar, chemicals and preservatives. Consumed on the regular it will destroy your health.

[Anonymous]

To someone who grew up in another country, the amount of shit food in the grocery stores here, and the huge amount of unhealthy take out food people eat, is pretty shocking. Kids don’t need snacks if they eat three good meals a day. And string cheese is not a healthful food. It’s processed crap that doesn’t taste anything like real cheese.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To someone who grew up in another country, the amount of shit food in the grocery stores here, and the huge amount of unhealthy take out food people eat, is pretty shocking. Kids don’t need snacks if they eat three good meals a day. And string cheese is not a healthful food. It’s processed crap that doesn’t taste anything like real cheese.

I grew up here and agree with you. My kids are teens and so on their own for food other than dinner a home. But when they were little I didn’t have 5 kinds of “snacks” at the ready wherever we went, not needed or necessary for people eating adequate meals.